paleologism
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Etymology[edit]
paleo- + -logism, from Ancient Greek: παλαιός (palaiós, “old”) in combination with λόγος (lógos, “word”).
Noun[edit]
paleologism (plural paleologisms)
- A word or phrase that was coined in the distant past, often now obscured, or if recently used: possibly having a definition or implication different from that of any earlier usage.
- 1964, Charles William Wahl, New Dimensions in Psychosomatic Medicine, page 41:
- Another is the paleologism of pars pro toto in which a part of an organ or function can symbolize the whole organ or concept; eg, the stomach may be the locus of difficulty with a patient with a history of frustrated dependency needs because of its association with the process of being fed and loved by the mother.
- An obsolete term.
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phrase that was coined in the past and now obsolete
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