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noun
The study or art of neologizing (creating new words).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A reformist school of 18th- and 19th-century Christian theology influenced by doctrinal rationalism and the methods of historical criticism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical, uncountable
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noun
the act of inventing a word or phrase
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: neologism, coinage
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Broader terms: invention
noun
a newly invented word or phrase
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: neologism, coinage
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Broader terms: word
Narrower terms: blend, portmanteau word, portmanteau
History
From neo- + -logy. In the theological sense, originally implying its proponents were innovators departing from religious tradition.
Across languages
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