neologism

neologism Definition

ne·olo·gism (nē äl′ə jiz′əm)

noun

a new word or a new meaning for an established word
the use of, or the practice of creating, new words or new meanings for established words

Etymology: Fr néologisme: see neo-, -logy, & -ism

neologism Related Forms

ne·ol′·o·gist noun ne·ol′o·gis′·tic adjective or ne·ol′o·gis′·ti·cal

neologism Synonyms

coinage, neology, new word, new phrase, nonce word, synthetic word, vogue word; see also phrase, word 1.

neologism Usage Examples

Converse of object

coin: I assume this is more of a problem with regard to artificially coined neologisms than with words from the spoken language.
create: He also joined words together to create neologisms - see Buffalo Bill's below.
use: Harry's tone - his default tone, to use a neologism - was of wistful remembrance for the hills he loved.
include: The 2005 revision includes neologisms such as chugger, podcast, spendy and chav.

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