art name

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art name (plural art names)

  1. Synonym of pen name used in Chinese and sometimes more broadly East Asian contexts, the professional name of a Chinese or East Asian artist, poet, or writer.
    Coordinate terms: courtesy name, era name, posthumous name, temple name
    Sun Yat-sen was an art name of the Chinese leader born Sun Deming.

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