neologism

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French néologisme, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new”) + λόγος (lógos, “word”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /niːˈɒlədʒɪzəm/

Noun

neologism (countable and uncountable, plural neologisms)

1. (linguistics, lexicography, countable) A word or phrase which has recently been coined; a new word or phrase.

   Synonym: coinage

2. (linguistics, uncountable) The act or instance of coining, or uttering a new word.
3. (psychiatry) The newly coined, meaningless words or phrases of someone with a psychosis, usually schizophrenia.
4. The introduction of new doctrine, for example in theology.

Usage notes

• There is no precise moment when a word stops being "new", but 15–20 years is a common cutoff (corresponding to one generation growing up potentially familiar with the word, depending on how common it is). Acceptance of a word as valid by dictionaries or by a significant portion of the population are sometimes mentioned as additional conditions. Some neologisms become widespread and standard (such as new chemical element names), others remain rare or slangy. (Distinguish from protologisms, coinages which have not become common.)

Antonyms

• paleologism

Derived terms

• diffused neologism
• neologistic
• stable neologism

Related terms

• neologize
• neologizer
• neology

Translations

recently coined word

• Arabic: مُوَلَّدَة f (muwallada)
• Basque: neologismo
• Catalan: neologisme (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 新詞語／新词语 (zh) (xīncíyǔ), 新词语 (zh) (xīncíyǔ), 新詞／新词 (zh) (xīncí), 新词 (zh) (xīncí)

• Czech: novotvar (cs) m
• Danish: neologisme (da) c
• Dutch: neologisme (nl) n
• Esperanto: neologismo (eo)
• Faroese: nýggjyrði n
• Finnish: uudismuodoste, uudissana (fi)
• French: néologisme (fr) m
• Galician: neoloxismo m
• German: Neologismus (de) m
• Greek: νεολογισμός (el) m (neologismós)
• Hungarian: neologizmus (hu), szóújítás
• Icelandic: nýyrði (is) n
• Italian: neologismo (it) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 新語 (ja) (しんご, shingo), 新造語 (しんぞうご, shinzōgo), 造語 (ja) (ぞうご, zōgo)
• Korean: 신어 (ko) (sineo) (新語 (ko)), 신조어 (ko) (sinjo'eo) (新造語 (ko))
• Latin: neologismus m
• Latvian: jaunvārds m, neoloģisms m
• Lithuanian: naujadaras m, neologizmas m
• Manx: noa-ockle m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: neologisme (no) m, nyord n

  Nynorsk: neologisme (no) m

• Polish: neologizm (pl) m
• Portuguese: neologismo (pt) m
• Romanian: neologism (ro) n
• Russian: неологи́зм (ru) m (neologízm)
• Serbo-Croatian: neologizam (sh) m, novotvorenica (sh) f
• Spanish: neologismo (es) m
• Turkish: yenici deyim
• Udmurt: вылькыл (vyľkyl)

instance of coinage

• Arabic: تَوْلِيد (ar) m (tawlīd)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: szóalkotás (hu)

schizophrenic meaningless word

• Greek: νεολογισμός (el) m (neologismós)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norwegian: neologisme (no) m

See also

• protologism
• vogue words
• Category:English neologisms

References

• The Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and Style. Bryan A. Garner. Oxford University Press, 2000. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. 21 June 2006
• The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

Anagrams

• mooseling