Meaning of NEOLOGISM
| Pronunciation: | | nee'âlu`jizum
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- [n] the act of inventing a word or phrase
- [n] a newly invented word or phrase
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| | Synonyms: | | coinage, coinage, neology, neology |
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| | See Also: | | invention, word | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ne*ol"o*gism\, n. [Cf. F. n['e]ologisme.]
1. The introduction of new words, or the use of old words in
a new sense. --Mrs. Browning.
2. A new word, phrase, or expression.
3. A new doctrine; specifically, rationalism.
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| | Related Terms: | | arriviste, blend, breakthrough, bright young man, coinage, comer, discovery, fledgling, ghost word, innovation, introduction, invention, leap, modern, modern generation, modern man, modernist, modernizer, neologist, neology, neonate, neoteric, neoterism, neoterist, new generation, new man, new phase, new sense, new word, newfangled expression, nonce word, nouveau riche, novelty, novus homo, parvenu, portmanteau word, rising generation, stripling, upstart, Young Turk |
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