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Webster 1913 Edition
Neology
Ne-ol′o-gy
,Noun.
[
Neo-
+ -logy
: cf. F. néologie
.] 1.
The introduction of a new word, or of words or significations, into a language;
as, the present nomenclature of chemistry is a remarkable instance of
. neology
2.
A new doctrine;
esp.
(Theol.)
, a doctrine at variance with the received interpretation of revealed truth; a new method of theological interpretation; rationalism.
Webster 1828 Edition
Neology
NEOLOGY
,Noun.
Definition 2024
neology
neology
English
Noun
neology (countable and uncountable, plural neologies)
- The study or art of neologizing (creating new words).
- The act of introducing a new word into a language
- (obsolete) The holding of novel or rational religious views
Quotations
- 2008 February 24, William Safire, “Bird-Dog Minute”, in New York Times:
- The word burned through the thin, dry-timbered wall of political neology in 1984, as Senator John Glenn’s campaign manager in South Carolina , John Lawson, told the A.P. that Glenn’s campaign “considered six Deep South states to be the crucial states for Glenn the fire wall, if you will, between Mondale and the nomination.”
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Translations
the study or art of neologizing (creating new words)
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