(linguistics, lexicography, countable) A word or phrase which has recently been coined; a new word or phrase.
Used in a Sentence
neologisms
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for neologisms.
Editorial note
The problem is, the people who fall for these neologisms get disconnected from the much, much larger marketing community.
Examples15
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
(linguistics, lexicography, countable) A word or phrase which has recently been coined; a new word or phrase.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of neologisms gathered in one view.
(linguistics, lexicography, countable, by extension) An existing word or phrase which has gained a new meaning.
(linguistics, uncountable) The act or instance of coining, or uttering a new word.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for neologisms.
noun
(linguistics, lexicography, countable) A word or phrase which has recently been coined; a new word or phrase.
noun
(linguistics, lexicography, countable, by extension) An existing word or phrase which has gained a new meaning.
noun
(linguistics, uncountable) The act or instance of coining, or uttering a new word.
noun
(psychiatry) The newly coined, meaningless words or phrases of someone with a psychosis, usually schizophrenia.
Example sentences
The problem is, the people who fall for these neologisms get disconnected from the much, much larger marketing community.
These neologisms demonstrate the cumulative quality of language, in which we use the known to describe the unknown.
It ships them in a usable state, documented in an accessible way without patronizing language and useless neologisms.
We can get a fairly amount of use from reusing Shakespeare quotes and neologisms while spending rather little effort.
The number of neologisms produced everyday on reddit must be huge but it doesn't present a problem.
As is natural, he lavished barbarisms and neologisms on it; he had to civilise the language.
The only reason why it seems like the model can occasionally spell, and create anglo-sounding neologisms, is because it operates on 4-grams.
It's the best at nothing, bloated with support for Palm Pilot browsers and Safari 1.0, and doesn't have all the cool grunt/gulp/amd/broccoli/cucumber/jsx/fotm neologisms.
This is not a solid theoretical foundation and results in lots of neologisms -- scopes, transclusion, directives, reliance on dependency injection (in JS?
It does not seem to me to be the wisest of neologisms.
Presumably it would false-negative texts with neologisms and spelling errors and such.
It made me think about how some tools, libraries, or frameworks seem to prefer to use buzzwords or neologisms to make simple things seem complicated.
Quote examples
The only half decent way to keep up with developments is to buy into some of these "neologisms" or you will be left behind.
There are two types of "new" names: "native" neologisms and loanwords.
Proper noun examples
Neologisms are invented to represent these concepts, often fairly easily since compound words are in common use in both; but for most people to deeply understand them is a different issue.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use neologisms in a sentence?
The problem is, the people who fall for these neologisms get disconnected from the much, much larger marketing community.
What does neologisms mean?
(linguistics, lexicography, countable) A word or phrase which has recently been coined; a new word or phrase.
What part of speech is neologisms?
neologisms is commonly used as noun.