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Meaning of NEOLOGISM

Pronunciation:  nee'âlu`jizum

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  the act of inventing a word or phrase
  2. [n]  a newly invented word or phrase
 

NEOLOGISM is a 9 letter word that starts with N.

 

 Synonyms: coinage, coinage, neology, neology
 
 See Also: invention, word

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 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.

 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 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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