Associations to the word «Neologism»

Wiktionary

NEOLOGISM, noun. (linguistics) A word or phrase which has recently been coined; a new word or phrase.
NEOLOGISM, noun. (linguistics) (uncountable) The act or instance of coining, or uttering a new word.
NEOLOGISM, noun. (psychiatry) The newly coined, meaningless words or phrases of someone with a psychosis, usually schizophrenia.

Dictionary definition

NEOLOGISM, noun. A newly invented word or phrase.
NEOLOGISM, noun. The act of inventing a word or phrase.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King