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Neologism Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ism

Neologism has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a newly invented word or phrase

2

the act of inventing a word or phrase

3

A word or phrase which has recently been coined; a new word or phrase.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
word invention
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
blend

Origin

The word comes from the French néologisme, which was borrowed from Ancient Greek. It combines the words for "new" and "word" to mean a newly coined term.

Rhyming Words
ism oism jism wuism agism meism prism yoism quism reism weism tuism ovism idism grism deism seism icism zoism owlism
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