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neologism
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun neologism has 2 senses
- neologism(n = noun.communication) coinage, neology - a newly invented word or phrase; Array is a kind of word
- neologism(n = noun.act) coinage, neology - the act of inventing a word or phrase; Array is a kind of invention
has particulars: blend, portmanteau, portmanteau word
Derived form noun neologist1
CIDE DICTIONARY
neologism, n. [Cf. F. néologisme.].
- The introduction of new words, or the use of old words in a new sense. Mrs. Browning. [1913 Webster]
- A new word, phrase, or expression. [1913 Webster]
- A new doctrine; specifically, rationalism. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
neologism, n.
1 a new word or expression.
2 the coining or use of new words.
1 a new word or expression.
2 the coining or use of new words.
Derivative
neologist n. neologize v.intr. (also -ise).
Etymology
F n{eacute}ologisme (as NEO-, -LOGY, -ISM)
THESAURUS
neologism
Young Turk, 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, upstartROGET THESAURUS
neologism
Neologism
N neology, neologism, newfangled expression, nonce expression, back-formation, caconym, barbarism, archaism, black letter, monkish Latin, corruption, missaying, malapropism, antiphrasis, pun, paranomasia, play upon words, word play, double- entendre, palindrome, paragram, anagram, clinch, abuse of language, abuse of terms, dialect, brogue, idiom, accent, patois, provincialism, regionalism, localism, broken English, lingua franca, Anglicism, Briticism, Gallicism, Scotticism, Hibernicism, Americanism, Gypsy lingo, Romany, pidgin, pidgin English, pigeon English, Volapuk, Chinook, Esperanto, Hindustani, kitchen Kaffir, dog Latin, macaronics, gibberish, confusion of tongues, Babel, babu English, chi-chi, figure of speech, byword, colloquialism, informal speech, informal language, substandard language, vernacular, vulgar language, obscene language, obscenity, vulgarity, jargon, technical terms, technicality, lingo, slang, cant, argot, St. Gile's Greek, thieves' Latin, peddler's French, flash tongue, Billingsgate, Wall Street slang, pseudology, pseudonym, Mr, So-and-so, wha d'ye call 'em, whatchacallim, what's his name, thingummy, thingumbob, je ne sais quoi, neologist, coiner of words, neologic, neological, archaic, obsolete, colloquial, Anglice.
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