Neologism

  • 11neologism — [[t]ni͟ːələʤɪzəm, niɒ̱l [/t]] neologisms N COUNT A neologism is a new word or expression in a language, or a new meaning for an existing word or expression. [TECHNICAL] The newspaper used the neologism dinks , Double Income No Kids. Syn: new word …

    English dictionary

  • 12neologism — UK [nɪˈɒləˌdʒɪz(ə)m] / UK [ˈniːələdʒɪz(ə)m] noun [countable] Word forms neologism : singular neologism plural neologisms linguistics a new word or expression, or an existing word used with a new meaning …

    English dictionary

  • 13neologism — /niˈɒlədʒɪzəm / (say nee oluhjizuhm) noun 1. a new word or phrase: *probably to be classed more as slang than a neologism. –sidney j baker, 1966. 2. the introduction or use of new words, or new senses of words. 3. a new doctrine. {French… …

  • 14neologism — noun Etymology: French néologisme, from ne + log + isme ism Date: 1803 1. a new word, usage, or expression 2. a meaningless word coined by a psychotic • neologistic adjective …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 15neologism — См. neologismo …

    Пятиязычный словарь лингвистических терминов

  • 16neologism — neologist, n. neologistic, neologistical, adj. /nee ol euh jiz euhm/, n. 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, esp. a new interpretation of sacred… …

    Universalium

  • 17neologism — noun a) A word or phrase which has recently been coined; a new word or phrase. b) The act or instance of coining, or uttering a new word. Syn: coinage Ant: paleologism See Also: neologize, neologizer, neology …

    Wiktionary

  • 18neologism — A new word or phrase of the patient s own making often seen in schizophrenia ( e.g., headshoe to mean hat), or an existing word used in a new sense; in psychiatry, such usages may have meaning only to the patient or be indicative of the patient s …

    Medical dictionary

  • 19neologism — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 20neologísm — s. n. (sil. ne o ), pl. neologísme …

    Romanian orthography