Usually means: Creation of new words, concepts.
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We found 37 dictionaries that define the word neologism:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. neologism: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. neologism: Merriam-Webster
  3. neologism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. neologism: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. neologism: Collins English Dictionary
  6. neologism: Vocabulary.com
  7. Neologism, neologism: Wordnik
  8. neologism: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. neologism: Wiktionary
  10. neologism: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. neologism: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. neologism: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. neologism: Dictionary.com
  14. neologism: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Neologism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Neologism: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. neologism: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. neologism: Rhymezone
  19. Neologism: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. neologism: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. neologism: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  22. neologism: FreeDictionary.org
  23. neologism: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. neologism: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. NEOLOGISM: Bobs Byway OF POETIC TERMS

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. neologism: Legal dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. neologism: Netlingo
  2. neologism: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. neologism: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Terms in the field of Psychiatry and Neurology (No longer online)
  5. neologism: Medical dictionary
  6. Neologism: Brain Injury

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. neologism: Wordcraft Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
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.
noun:  (theology, historical) Synonym of neology.

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