The introduction of new words, or the use of old words in a new sense.
A new word, phrase, or expression.
A new doctrine; specifically, rationalism.
A word made up by the speaker that is usually meaningless to a listener.
Spontaneous speech which utilizes words that are totally made up. See Wernicke's aphasia.
Speech behavior often exhibited by individuals experiencing stroke or brain injury.
An existing word used to convey new meaning, or a newly created word.
A new word, or an old word used in a new sense.
a newly invented word or phrase
the act of inventing a word or phrase
a newly coined word or phrase , often a political or ideological " buzzword " invented to describe an emerging concept or changing value
a newly-invented word or a newly-invented usage of a word
a newly invented word or term, or an older word or term with a new meaning
a newly made-up word
a new name made up for something, usually by a psychotic
a new word, expression, or usage
a recently coined word or phrase
a word or phrase invented by an individual
A newly and deliberately coined word. Cysive and Dreamery are neologisms.
A recently created word or expression.
The use of new words or new meanings for old words not yet included in standard definitions, as in the recent application of the word cool to denote, very good, excellent or fashionable. Some disappear from usage; others like hip and feedback, for example, remain in the language. (Compare Nonce Word, Portmanteau Word)
Nonsense or made-up word used when speaking. The person often does not realize that the word makes no sense.
(Gk. neos 'young, new' + logos 'word'; ·sµü): A newly coined word.
A newly coined term or expression; a new word that fills a lexical gap or conceptual gap in a language. The word quark was created to describe a newly discovered sub-nuclear particle.
a meaningless, made-up word
a new word or phrase whose derivation cannot be understood; seen in autistic disorder.
Nonsense or made-up word. The individual affected does not realise that the word does not make any sense.
The coining or use of new words e.g. in Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.
A neologism (from Greek Î½ÎµÎ¿Î»Î¿Î³Î¹ÏƒÎ¼ÏŒÏ‚ "Î½ÎÎ¿Ï‚" [neos] = new; "Î»ÏŒÎ³Î¿Ï‚" [logos] = word) is a word, term, or phrase which has been recently created ("coined") — often to apply to new concepts, to synthesize pre-existing concepts, or to make older terminology sound more contemporary. Neologisms are especially useful in identifying inventions, new phenomena, or old ideas which have taken on a new cultural context. The term e-mail, as used today, would be an example of a neologism.