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Definition of Neologism
1. Noun. A newly invented word or phrase.
Generic synonyms: Word
Specialized synonyms: Blend, Portmanteau, Portmanteau Word
Derivative terms: Coin
2. Noun. The act of inventing a word or phrase.
Definition of Neologism
1. n. The introduction of new words, or the use of old words in a new sense.
Definition of Neologism
1. Noun. (linguistics) A word or phrase which has recently been coined; a new word or phrase. ¹
2. Noun. (linguistics) The act or instance of coining, or uttering a new word. ¹
3. Noun. (psychiatry) The newly coined, meaningless words or phrases of someone with a psychosis, usually schizophrenia. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Neologism
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Neologism
1. 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 his condition. Origin: neo-+ G. Logos, word (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Neologism
Literary usage of Neologism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Arians of the Fourth Century by John Henry Newman (1871)
"The essential mark of neologism is the denial of the exclusive divine mission
and peculiar inspiration of the Scripture Prophets; accompanied the while with ..."
2. Manual of Universal Church History by Johannes Baptist Alzog, Francis Joseph Pabisch, Thomas Sebastian Byrne (1892)
"Biblical Theologians—The False Enlightenment of neologism— Classical Literature
of Germany. ... neologism ..."
3. Outlines of English Literature by Thomas Budd Shaw (1849)
"... Century—Robert of Gloucester—neologism—Fourteenth Century—Mannyng —Wickliffe
and Chaucer—Gower—Hermit of Hampole—Pleadings in English —Trevisa, ..."
4. Memoirs of the Countess de Genlis: Illustrative of the History of the by Stéphanie Félicité Genlis (1825)
"Complaints were made of neologism and bombast, a few years after the death of
Louis XIV; and Fontenelle and Lamothe were justly attacked for this defect. ..."
5. History of the Church by Johannes Baptist Alzog (1912)
"Biblical Theologians—The False Enlightenment of neologism—Classical Literature
of Germany. Tholuck, Hist. Sketch of the Extreme Confusion of Theology in ..."
6. Birth Through Death, the Ethics of the Twentieth Plane: A Revelation by Albert Durrant Watson, Louis Benjamin (1920)
"The science of making new words is called "neologism." It should be made an art,
and iat once. Some of the great minds of the earth plane should study the ..."
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