Neologism

//niːˈɒləd͡ʒɪzəm//

Synonyms for "neologism" (48 found)

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Closest matches (10)

Noun(3 words)
coinageneologycoining

Strong matches (14)

Related words (24)

Noun(1 words)
neoterism

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More general

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Antonyms

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Related terms

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derived

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has context

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is a

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related to

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Translations

74 translations across 48 languages.

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Arabic

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  • تَوْلِيد noun (instance of coinage)
  • مُوَلَّدَة noun (recently coined word)

Armenian

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  • նորաբանություն noun (recently coined word)
  • նորաբանություն noun (instance of coinage)

Basque

1 entries
  • neologismo noun (recently coined word)

Breton

1 entries
  • nevezc'her noun (recently coined word)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • неологизъм noun (recently coined word)

Catalan

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  • neologisme noun (recently coined word)

Chinese Mandarin

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  • 新詞 /新词 noun (recently coined word)
  • 新詞語 /新词语 noun (recently coined word)

Czech

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  • neologismus noun (recently coined word)
  • novotvar noun (recently coined word)

Danish

1 entries
  • neologisme noun (recently coined word)

Dutch

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  • neologisme noun (recently coined word)

Esperanto

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  • neologismo noun (recently coined word)

Estonian

2 entries
  • neologism noun (recently coined word)
  • uudissõna noun (recently coined word)

Faroese

1 entries
  • nýggjyrði noun (recently coined word)

Finnish

2 entries
  • uudismuodoste noun (recently coined word)
  • uudissana noun (recently coined word)

French

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  • néologisme noun (recently coined word)

Galician

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  • neoloxismo noun (recently coined word)

Georgian

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  • ნეოლოგიზმი noun (recently coined word)

German

1 entries
  • Neologismus noun (recently coined word)

Greek

2 entries
  • νεολογισμός noun (recently coined word)
  • νεολογισμός noun (schizophrenic meaningless word)

Hebrew

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  • תַּחְדִּישׁ noun (recently coined word)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • neologizmus noun (recently coined word)
  • szóalkotás noun (instance of coinage)
  • szóújítás noun (instance of coinage)
  • új szó noun (recently coined word)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • nýyrði noun (recently coined word)

Irish

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  • nuafhocal noun (recently coined word)

Italian

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  • neologismo noun (recently coined word)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 新語 noun (recently coined word)
  • 新造語 noun (recently coined word)
  • 造語 noun (recently coined word)

Kazakh

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  • жаңа сөз noun (recently coined word)

Korean

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  • 신어 noun (recently coined word)
  • 신조어 noun (recently coined word)

Latin

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  • neologismus noun (recently coined word)

Latvian

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  • jaunvārds noun (recently coined word)
  • neoloģisms noun (recently coined word)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • naujadaras noun (recently coined word)
  • neologizmas noun (recently coined word)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • неологизам noun (recently coined word)
  • новотвореница noun (recently coined word)

Manx

1 entries
  • noa-ockle noun (recently coined word)

Norwegian

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  • neologisme noun (schizophrenic meaningless word)

Norwegian Bokmål

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  • neologisme noun (recently coined word)
  • nyord noun (recently coined word)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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  • neologisme noun (recently coined word)

Persian

1 entries
  • نوواژه noun (recently coined word)

Polish

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  • neologizm noun (recently coined word)
  • nowosłowie noun (recently coined word)
  • nowosłów noun (recently coined word)
  • nowotwór noun (recently coined word)

Portuguese

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  • neologismo noun (recently coined word)

Romanian

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  • neologism noun (recently coined word)

Russian

1 entries
  • неологи́зм noun (recently coined word)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • neologizam noun (recently coined word)
  • novotvorenica noun (recently coined word)

Slovak

1 entries
  • neologizmus noun (recently coined word)

Spanish

1 entries
  • neologismo noun (recently coined word)

Swedish

1 entries
  • neologism noun (recently coined word)

Turkish

4 entries
  • neolojizm noun (recently coined word)
  • türenti noun (recently coined word)
  • yenici deyim noun (recently coined word)
  • yenicil deyim noun (recently coined word)

Udmurt

1 entries
  • вылькыл noun (recently coined word)

Walloon

1 entries
  • noûmot noun (recently coined word)

Welsh

1 entries
  • newyddair noun (recently coined word)

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

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The ghastly neologism of the year 2011 is "Kebab murders".

Source: tatoeba (1394641)

"Santorum" is an English neologism, named after homophobic American senator Rick Santorum, which describes the mixture of sperm, fecal matter and lubricant sometimes resulting from anal intercourse.

Source: tatoeba (4456191)

My favorite Yiddish neologism is "faktazye" for science fiction, a portmanteau of the words for "fact" and "fantasy."

Source: tatoeba (10186564)

According to Salem Chaker, the word "Tamazight" meaning the language which has no real existence, is first of all a neologism in the Berber culture, precisely cited in 1945.

Source: tatoeba (10639301)

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