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neologism::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | coinage, neology |
| Type of | word |
| Has types | blend, portmanteau, portmanteau word |
Examples of neologism
neologism
I am not sure if the paradox you mention is a Malthusian paradox or a neologism.
From the economist.com
My guess is that on WP it was deemed a neologism, original research or somesuch.
From the en.wikipedia.org
You may use the beginning of a word as the end of your neologism, and vice versa.
From the washingtonpost.com
Kimberly and Marcia were blogging way back before the neologism, blog, was coined.
From the blog.beliefnet.com
This definition for this widespread phenomenon comes from neologism site Word Spy.
From the newsfeed.time.com
You've got the Philippines practicing neologism by attempting to rename a sea.
From the world.time.com
In a docudrama, it is always the second half of the neologism that makes us queasy.
From the time.com
The dream centers around a neologism Trafei, which Kraepelin links to Trafoi.
From the en.wikipedia.org
If the page a link points to does not link back to the neologism, it is discounted.
From the newscientist.com
- A newly invented word or phrase
- A neologism (/niu02D0u02C8u0252lu0259du0292u026Azu0259m/; from Greek u03BDu03ADu03BF- nu00E9o-, "new" and u03BBu03CCu03B3u03BFu03C2 lu00F3gos, "speech, utterance") is the name for a relatively new or isolated term, word, or phrase that may be in the process of entering common use, but that has not yet been fully accepted into mainstream language. Neologisms are often directly attributable to a specific person, publication, period, or event.
- (neologistic) Of, or pertaining to, neologisms
- (Neologisms (Invented words)) The English language is full of these. Some of them are useful, some of them are less so, others are just painful, difficult to translate, and should be avoided. ...
- (Neologisms) Occasional manifestation of thought disorder in schizophrenia, in which individuals contrive words.
- (Neologisms) Words that have only recently appeared in the lexicon of a language as the result of linguistic creativity or word formation and are not borrowings from another language or dialect.
- (Neologisms) involve terms that entered the language relatively recently that the technology or company. With the proliferation of computer technology, for example, the idea an add-on "became widely known. It may take longer for a term of these "diffuse", in other regions. ...
- (Neologisms) words which are made up or invented by the client. Example: In the movie or book "I never Promised You a Rose Garden, the young patient hallucinates going to a foreign land where they speak a different language. She speaks this language which is from her head.
- (neologisms) Words and phrases used in schizophrenic speech, but not found in dictionaries, sometimes formed by combining parts of two or more regular words.
