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Noun: neologism  nee'ó-lu,ji-zum
  1. A newly invented word or phrase
    - neology, coinage
     
  2. The act of inventing a word or phrase
    - neology, coinage

Derived forms: neologisms

Type of: invention, word

Encyclopedia: Neologism

Nearest

Neo-Latin
Neo-Latin language
Neolentinus
Neolentinus ponderosus
neoliberal
neoliberalism
neolith
neolithic
Neolithic
Neolithic Age
neologism
neologist
neology
neo-Marxism
Neo-Melanesian
neomycin
Neomys
Neomys anomalus
Neomys fodiens
neon
neon induction lamp