![]() Pseudonyms are "part-time" names, used only in certain contexts – to provide a more clear-cut separation between one's private and professional lives, to showcase or enhance a particular persona, or to hide an individual's real identity, as with writers' pen names, graffiti artists' tags, resistance fighters' or terrorists' noms de guerre, and computer hackers' handles. Pseudonyms should not be confused with new names that replace old ones and become the individual's full-time name. Historically, they have sometimes taken the form of anagrams, Graecisms, and Latinisations. In some cases, it may also include nicknames. ![]() Pseudonyms include stage names, user names, ring names, pen names, aliases, superhero or villain identities and code names, gamer identifications, and regnal names of emperors, popes, and other monarchs. ( November 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ![]() Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This section needs additional citations for verification.
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