Pseudonyms: Do they always mean that a person has multiple personality? Are they ever used by a person who does not have multiple personality?

When a person has multiple personality, what are the names of the alternate personalities? They are pseudonyms.

The prototypical use of pseudonyms is in multiple personality. And anyone who uses pseudonyms should be suspected of having multiple personality.

The two most obvious exceptions to this rule are spies and criminals, who may use pseudonyms to avoid being detected and caught.

However, it is interesting to note that the most famous fictional spy, James Bond, does not use a pseudonym. And literary confidence men—see posts on Melville’s and Mann’s confidence men—have multiple personality.

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