Associations to the word «Neologism»

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

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.