neologism
noun
ne·ol·o·gism
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Definition of neologism
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: 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
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Other Words from neologism
neologistic
\ nē-ˌä-lə-ˈji-stik
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adjective
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adjective
Examples of neologism in a Sentence
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Allusions, dramatic asides, neologisms and flamboyant punctuation became the hallmarks of his style. — Thomas Curwen, sacbee, "Tom Wolfe, novelist and pioneer of New Journalism, dies at 88 | The Sacramento Bee," 15 May 2018 To Walker's amusement, his book sometimes appeared in the art instruction section of bookstores, and his neologisms would pop up in discussions about the art of cartooning. — Ali Bahrampour, chicagotribune.com, "Mort Walker, whose 'Beetle Bailey' was a comic-page staple for decades, dies at 94," 27 Jan. 2018 But the word sovranismo, a neologism that entered the common political discourse in the past couple of years, denotes something more radical than nationalism. — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, "Look to Italy to understand the dangers of Trump’s racist tweets," 17 July 2019 The Savage neologism later made news in the runup to the 2012 presidential election. — Kyle Peterson, WSJ, "A House Majority by ‘Any Means Necessary’," 19 Oct. 2018 Unfortunately, not all neologisms are as adorkable as, well, adorkable. — Mark Ellwood, Condé Nast Traveler, "The Made-Up Travel Words We Love to Hate," 18 July 2018 Allusions, dramatic asides, neologisms and flamboyant punctuation became the hallmarks of his style. — Thomas Curwen, sacbee, "Tom Wolfe, novelist and pioneer of New Journalism, dies at 88 | The Sacramento Bee," 15 May 2018 To Walker's amusement, his book sometimes appeared in the art instruction section of bookstores, and his neologisms would pop up in discussions about the art of cartooning. — Ali Bahrampour, chicagotribune.com, "Mort Walker, whose 'Beetle Bailey' was a comic-page staple for decades, dies at 94," 27 Jan. 2018 Coining neologisms was and still is one of Coupland’s things. — Laura Miller, Slate Magazine, "It’s hard to be the voice of a generation when your generation doesn’t need you anymore.," 15 May 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'neologism.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for neologism
neologism
noun
English Language Learners Definition of neologism
: a new word or expression or a new meaning of a word
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neologism
noun
ne·ol·o·gism
| \ nē-ˈäl-ə-ˌjiz-əm
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Medical Definition of neologism
: 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
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