neology

[ nee-ol-uh-jee ]

noun

, plural ne·ol·o·gies.

1. neologism.

Other Words From

• ne·o·log·i·cal [nee-, uh, -, loj, -i-k, uh, l], neo·logic adjective
• neo·logi·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of neology¹

From the French word néologie, dating back to 1790–1800. See neo-, -logy

Example Sentences

In the first place, they describe only one side of the case; for, if there is much infidelity and neology on the continent, there is also a considerable sprinkling of true religion. 

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This offshoot of German neology, issuing from the same parent stock with Socinianism, finds a congenial soil in a Unitarian community.

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The whiteness and crystalline form of saltpetre presented a sufficient analogy to attach to it a similar name, neology being in those days not quite so common or so easy as at present.

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He had rather too keen a scent for what was termed neology. 

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For this was the age of Benthamism in social philosophy and "German neology" in biblical criticism.

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