About The Word Neologism
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Neologism
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What's The Definition Of Neologism?
[n] the act of inventing a word or phrase
[n] a newly invented word or phrase Synonyms | Synonyms for Neologism: coinage | coinage | neology | neology Related Terms | Find terms related to Neologism: 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 Neologism In Webster's Dictionary \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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