Associations to the word «Neologism»
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Wiktionary
NEOLOGISM, noun. (linguistics) A word or phrase which has recently been coined; a new word or phrase.
NEOLOGISM, noun. (linguistics) (uncountable) The act or instance of coining, or uttering a new word.
NEOLOGISM, noun. (psychiatry) The newly coined, meaningless words or phrases of someone with a psychosis, usually schizophrenia.
Dictionary definition
NEOLOGISM, noun. A newly invented word or phrase.
NEOLOGISM, noun. The act of inventing a word or phrase.
Wise words
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.