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Neologism

Neologism Meaning & Definition
Neologism Definition And Meaning

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

See Also | invention | word

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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