Definitions for neologism

neologism ne·ol·o·gism

Spelling: [nee-ol-uh-jiz-uh m]
IPA: /niˈɒl əˌdʒɪz əm/

Neologism is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 467 anagrams from letters in neologism (egilmnoos).

Definitions for neologism

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.

Origin of neologism

From the French word néologisme, dating back to 1790-1800. See neology, -ism

Examples for neologism

The locution of which we have made use—passed to the state of—has been condemned as a neologism by M. Royer Collard.

Captology is a neologism coined by BJ Fogg, director of the very Soviet-sounding Stanford Persuasive Technology Lab.

In this one ordinary speech seemed to have been insufficient to describe the blotch, and he had to resort to a neologism.

It inspired endless debate, countless think pieces, and a neologism that instantly penetrated mainstream culture.

This Bohemian vocabulary is the hell of rhetoric and the paradise of neologism.

The label stuck, and a search for “santorum” delivers the neologism first.

The latter (the word administration used as a verb) is the only instance of neologism I ever observed in Mr. Madison.

But it observed a very high standard of classical English, a little intolerant of neologism, but not stiff nor jejune.

In the blink of an eye a neologism was formed, half Turkish, half English.

Word Value for neologism
Scrable

12

Words with friends

16

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