novelty
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From adjective novel, from Latin adjective novus, new.
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novelty (countable and uncountable; plural novelties)
- The state of being new or novel; newness.
- A new product; an innovation.
- 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 10.
- Reconciling profound enquiry with clearness, and truth with novelty.
- 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 10.
- A small mass-produced trinket.
- In novelty theory, newness, density of complexification, and dynamic change as opposed to static habituation.
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the state of being new
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a new product