neologism

noun

ne·ol·o·gism nē-ˈä-lə-ˌji-zəm How to pronounce neologism (audio)

: a new word, usage, or expression

technological neologisms

psychology : a new word that is coined especially by a person affected with schizophrenia and is meaningless except to the coiner, and is typically a combination of two existing words or a shortening or distortion of an existing word

neologistic

nē-ˌä-lə-ˈji-stik How to pronounce neologism (audio)

adjective

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The English language is constantly picking up neologisms. In recent decades, for example, computer technology has added a number of new terms to the language. Webinar, malware, netroots, and blogosphere are just a few examples of modern-day neologisms that have been integrated into American English. The word neologism was itself a brand-new coinage in the latter half of the 18th century, when English speakers borrowed the French term néologisme. The word's roots are quite old, ultimately tracing back to ancient Greek neos, meaning "new," and logos, meaning "word."

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Recent Examples on the Web The neologism also offered a useful means of describing and studying how the impacts of climate change reach beyond tangible, physical, and economic damages.

Madeline Ostrander, The Atlantic, 23 July 2022 In the neologism contest of Week 1491, the Empress asked the Loser Community to choose any word, name or phrase beginning A through E, then add a letter — or the same letter more than once — and define the result.

Pat Myers, Washington Post, 30 June 2022 This week’s contest — to transpose two letters in a word or phrase — has often been an option in our change-a-letter neologism contests over the years.

Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2022 Shunkaryougen — a Japanese four-kanji neologism coined by Haru herself — will be released digitally and as a 12-inch vinyl.

Billboard Japan, Billboard, 15 Feb. 2022 The key is that there are 24 different permutations of the letters, and even ones like DBIE can work because the neologism could be a multi-word phrase as well as a single word, and the block can stretch over a space.

Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2022 Omnishambles is a neologism first used in the BBC political satire The Thick of Itin 2009.

Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 30 Oct. 2021 The segment also feels dated, strangled by the unimaginative neologism of the fraught summer that preceded it.

The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2021 The segment also feels dated, strangled by the unimaginative neologism of the fraught summer that preceded it.

The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2021 See More

单词	neologism
释义	neologism noun ne·ol·o·gism nē-ˈä-lə-ˌji-zəm 1 : a new word, usage, or expression technological neologisms 2 psychology : a new word that is coined especially by a person affected with schizophrenia and is meaningless except to the coiner, and is typically a combination of two existing words or a shortening or distortion of an existing word neologistic nē-ˌä-lə-ˈji-stik adjective Did you know? The English language is constantly picking up neologisms. In recent decades, for example, computer technology has added a number of new terms to the language. Webinar, malware, netroots, and blogosphere are just a few examples of modern-day neologisms that have been integrated into American English. The word neologism was itself a brand-new coinage in the latter half of the 18th century, when English speakers borrowed the French term néologisme. The word's roots are quite old, ultimately tracing back to ancient Greek neos, meaning "new," and logos, meaning "word." Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web The neologism also offered a useful means of describing and studying how the impacts of climate change reach beyond tangible, physical, and economic damages. Madeline Ostrander, The Atlantic, 23 July 2022 In the neologism contest of Week 1491, the Empress asked the Loser Community to choose any word, name or phrase beginning A through E, then add a letter — or the same letter more than once — and define the result. Pat Myers, Washington Post, 30 June 2022 This week’s contest — to transpose two letters in a word or phrase — has often been an option in our change-a-letter neologism contests over the years. Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2022 Shunkaryougen — a Japanese four-kanji neologism coined by Haru herself — will be released digitally and as a 12-inch vinyl. Billboard Japan, Billboard, 15 Feb. 2022 The key is that there are 24 different permutations of the letters, and even ones like DBIE can work because the neologism could be a multi-word phrase as well as a single word, and the block can stretch over a space. Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2022 Omnishambles is a neologism first used in the BBC political satire The Thick of Itin 2009. Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 30 Oct. 2021 The segment also feels dated, strangled by the unimaginative neologism of the fraught summer that preceded it. The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2021 The segment also feels dated, strangled by the unimaginative neologism of the fraught summer that preceded it. The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2021 See More Word History Etymology borrowed from French néologisme "the habit of forming new words, a newly formed word," from néologie "coining of new words" (from néo- neo- + -logie -logy) + -isme -ism First Known Use 1772, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Medical Definition neologism noun ne·ol·o·gism nē-ˈäl-ə-ˌjiz-əm : a new word that is coined especially by a person affected with schizophrenia, is meaningless except to the coiner, and is typically a combination of two existing words or a shortening or distortion of an existing word neologism noun as in modernism a new word or expression or a new meaning of a word scientific neologisms Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance modernism coinage lexicon localism tongue vocabulary colloquial slang parlance idiom lingo speech mother tongue argot jargon colloquialism dialect language vernacular patois terminology pidgin idiolect slanguage regionalism shibboleth acrolect provincialism patter vernacularism cant
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