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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A new word, expression, or usage.
  2. n. The creation or use of new words or senses.
  3. n. Psychology The invention of new words regarded as a symptom of certain psychotic disorders, such as schizophrenia.
  4. n. Psychology A word so invented.
  5. n. Theology A new doctrine or a new interpretation of scripture.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A new word or phrase, or a new use of a word.
  2. n. The use of new words, or of old words in new senses.
  3. n. A new doctrine.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A word or phrase which has recently been coined; a new word or phrase.
  2. n. The act or instance of coining, or uttering a new word.
  3. n. The newly coined, meaningless words or phrases of someone with a psychosis, usually schizophrenia.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. The introduction of new words, or the use of old words in a new sense.
  2. n. A new word, phrase, or expression.
  3. n. A new doctrine; specifically, rationalism.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a newly invented word or phrase
  2. n. the act of inventing a word or phrase

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  • patiomensch There are tons of neologisms on this site. Apr 15, 2007

  • super-heather and my favorite new word: wordie! Dec 9, 2006

‘neologism’ has been looked up 6359 times, loved by 17 people, added to 164 lists, commented on 2 times, and has a Scrabble score of 12.