Neologism

Word NEOLOGISM
Character 9
Hyphenation ne ol o gism
Pronunciations /niːˈɒlədʒɪzəm/

Definitions and meanings of "Neologism"

What do we mean by neologism?

A new word, expression, or usage. noun

The creation or use of new words or senses. noun

The invention of new words regarded as a symptom of certain psychotic disorders, such as schizophrenia. noun

A word so invented. noun

A new doctrine or a new interpretation of scripture. noun

A new word or phrase, or a new use of a word. noun

The use of new words, or of old words in new senses. noun

A new doctrine. noun

The introduction of new words, or the use of old words in a new sense. noun

A new word, phrase, or expression. noun

A new doctrine; specifically, rationalism. noun

A word or phrase which has recently been coined; a new word or phrase. noun

(uncountable) The act or instance of coining, or uttering a new word. noun

The newly coined, meaningless words or phrases of someone with a psychosis, usually schizophrenia. noun

A newly invented word or phrase noun

The act of inventing a word or phrase noun

A word or phrase which has recently been coined; a new word or phrase.

The act or instance of coining, or uttering a new word.

The newly coined, meaningless words or phrases of someone with a psychosis, usually schizophrenia.

The introduction of new doctrine, for example in theology.

Itself an invented word used exclusively pejoratively to dismiss newly coined words. Usually used to express distaste for words inconvenient to one's ideology. Urban Dictionary

Words wikipedia, itself a neologism, finds inconvenient. Urban Dictionary

The promotion of which is the sole purpose of urbandictionary's existence. Urban Dictionary

A new word Urban Dictionary

New words coined by the psychotic. Urban Dictionary

Yo realist good word! (and yes I know its a real word...now... thanks for the knowledge it's somewhat scarce around these parts!) Urban Dictionary

N. New semen. From the Latin "neo" meaning new and from the American "gism" meaning stuff that pumps from a man's cock at orgasm. Urban Dictionary

The One's manjuice Urban Dictionary

An adverb meaning of, from or related to newly created words. It stems from Neology which in turn comes from the French ‘neologisme’ meaning a newly created word. Urban Dictionary

Basically, a new word that comes into a language through creatively using that language. Borrowed words from other languages and dialects are not neologisms. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Neologism

The word "neologism" in example sentences

Mia_Nodecker: Sanotorun... the neologism neologism |nä�ë�ã¤lé�ë�jizé�m| noun a newly coined ❋ The Huffington Post News Editors (2011)

For all that your neologism is pungent and to the point. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Whereas a neologism is normally understood to be a new word formed consciously, by a subjectivity in possession of itself and its language, in Balfour's essay subjecticity falls into play possibly by accident: "It could have been a typo, in this word that is not exactly a word: subjecticity." ❋ Unknown (2005)

And give the word neologism to our language, as a root, and it should give us its fellow substantives, neology, neologist, neologization; its adjectives, neologous, neological, neologistical; its verb, neologize; and adverb neologically. ❋ Thomas Jefferson (1784)

And give the word neologism to our language, as a root, and it should give us it's fellow substantives, neology, neologist, neologisation; it's adjectives neologous, neological, neologistical, it's verb neologise, and adverb neologically. ❋ Unknown (1760)

The terms freeters (a neologism formed form the English word "free" and the German "Arbeiter", which indicates a person who gets by on menial jobs) and ❋ Unknown (2009)

Recent Links Tagged With "neologism" - JabberTags on October 20th, 2008 at 1: 34 pm: ❋ Unknown (2008)

Kendrick has a lengthy discussion of "pornography" as a nineteenth-century neologism from the Greek: "writing by or about whores." ❋ Unknown (2006)

The French literary theorist Gérard Genette coined the neologism ‘paratext’ to describe subsidiary and secondary material such as prefaces, post-scripts, footnotes and illustrations, which illuminate, but are ultimately subservient to, the principle text. ❋ Unknown (2008)

War Hidden in Plain Sight: There has recently been much reporting on, and even some debate here about, the efficacy of the Obama administration's decision to increase the intensity of CIA missile attacks from drone aircraft in what Washington, in a newly coined neologism reflecting a widening war, now calls "Af-Pak" -- the Pashtun tribal borderlands of Afghanistan and Pakistan. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Gadamer could be interesting here, as could a closer reading of Caillois or Huizinga who coins the neologism "ludic", which unfortunately isn't present in the English translation. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I don't think we have such a word, so if I could coin a neologism, might I suggest "philogrammateus," a conflation of "brotherly love" and "scribe" in Greek? ❋ Richard Nokes (2005)

Colbert eventually coined a neologism to reflect this truthiness in action: "Wikiality," which he defined as "a reality where, if enough people agree with a notion, it becomes the truth." ❋ Mnookin, Seth (2007)

One wonders how long this freshly-coined neologism will survive. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Introduced only to prevent ambiguity, the so-called neologism has pushed its way, and is found where the old form would not be ambiguous. ❋ Brainerd Kellogg (N/A)

No wonder Jim O'Neill, who coined the neologism BRIC and is now chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, has been ❋ Unknown (2011)

The origin of the neologism was a winning entry in a June 21, 2001, contest in Dan Savage's Savage Love sex advice column. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Pederasts, a more [perverse] subtype of faggots, [declare] [moralphobia] a neologism. ❋ Tokenizing Words (2007)

[Wikipedia], itself a neologism, discourages the [use] of neologisms. ❋ Tokenizing Words (2007)

[Urbandictionary] is a [collection] of neologisms. ❋ DrIdiot (2006)

he had created a neologism ❋ Realist (2003)

[Pardon] my apparent neologisms, they are [colloquial] terms I learned from [my father]. ❋ Reuel Titus (2003)

If [I had] a neologism [I would] be a [neologist]...no? ❋ The Voice Of Reason (2003)

"People who try to [come up] with neologisms to [satisfy] their egos are [covered] in neologism." ❋ JC (2004)

[Trinity] was covered in neologism after the [scene] in [Zion] ❋ Hoisky Poisky (2004)

Urban Dictionary is a [nuclear reactor], [neologically] [speaking]. ❋ AKACroatalin (2015)

Ebonics: [Ebony] [Phonics] Notice both [ebony] and [phonics] are 'english' words, these two words were creatively used to create a new english word. ❋ Dwayne (2003)

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