neologism
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əˌdʒɪz noun
1.
a new word, meaning, usage, or phrase.
2.
the introduction or use of new words or new senses of existing words.
3.
a new doctrine, especially a new interpretation of sacred writings.
4.
Psychiatry. a new word, often consisting of a combination of other words, that is understood only by the speaker: occurring most often in the speech of schizophrenics.
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neologism or neology (nɪˈɒləˌdʒɪzəm) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -gisms, -gies | |
| 1. | a newly coined word, or a phrase or familiar word used in a new sense |
| 2. | the practice of using or introducing neologisms |
| 3. | rare a tendency towards adopting new views, esp rationalist views, in matters of religion |
| [C18: via French from | |
| neology or neology | |
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| ne'ologist or neology | |
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| neolo'gistic or neology | |
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| neolo'gistical or neology | |
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| neological or neology | |
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| neolo'gistically or neology | |
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| neo'logically or neology | |
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Word Origin & History
neologism
"practice of innovation in language," 1800, from Fr. néologisme, from neo- + logos "word." Meaning "new word or expression" is from 1803. Neological is attested from 1754.
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Example sentences
To make it substantive and then pluralising it merely allows for a false identification as a neologism.
Five long lectures full of numbingly dense, abstraction-and-neologism-riddled prose await the reader.
Please give me a strong incentive to keep reading your blog by avoiding the use of this awful neologism.
The word is a neologism combining the tank of tank top with the end of the word bikini.
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