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neologism


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Neologism  \Ne*ol"o*gism\,  n.  [Cf.  F.  n['e]ologisme.] 
  1.  The  introduction  of  new  words  or  the  use  of  old  words  in 
  a  new  sense  --Mrs.  Browning. 
 
  2.  A  new  word  phrase,  or  expression. 
 
  3.  A  new  doctrine;  specifically,  rationalism. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  neologism 
  n  1:  a  newly  invented  word  or  phrase  [syn:  {neology},  {coinage}] 
  2:  the  act  of  inventing  a  word  or  phrase  [syn:  {neology},  {coinage}] 




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