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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a new word, phrase, or usage.
Coined by a Danish scientist, the word "gene" was a neologism in the early twentieth century. |
| definition 2: |
the introduction or use of new words or meanings.
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adjective + (n.)neologism
difficult
verb + (n.)neologism
coin, create, explain, form, generate
noun + (n.)neologism
author, experience, use
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| derivations: |
neologistic (adj.), neologist (n.) |
The word neologism
contains the following parts:
log, logo, -logue
Greek
root
that means word, speech, written work
  More about this word part:
Example words:
apologetics, apologia, apologue, catalogue, Decalogue, dialogue, duologue, epilogue, horologe, illogic, logic, logical, logo, logogriph, logomachy, logorrhea, logotype, monologue, neologism, prologue, syllogism
neo
Greek
root
that means new, recent
Example words:
- synonyms:
- nov
-ism1
Greek
noun-forming suffix
that means act, process, state, practice, or instance of
More about this word part:
The suffix -ism1 attaches to Greek roots to form nouns which usually have a corresponding verb ending in "-ize, -ise". See also -ism2.
Example words:
anachronism, aphorism, archaism, autism, baptism, criticism, dwarfism, embolism, euphemism, heliotropism, heroism, hypnotism, magnetism, mechanism, metabolism, neologism, phototropism, plagiarism, sophism, syllogism, tropism
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