neology

American  

[nee-ol-uh-jee] / niˈɒl ə dʒi /

noun

neologies plural

1. neologism.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• neologic
  adjective
• neological
  adjective
• neologically
  adverb

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• neologies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of neology

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

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

neology neologies

Some have more to do with neology than psychology.

From Time Magazine Archive

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. 

From A Letter to the Right Hon. Lord Bexley containing a statement to the committee of the British and Foreign Bible Society by Cunningham, Francis

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.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 by Various

At length they were so successful in their neology, that with great difficulty they understood one another.

From Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions by Disraeli, Isaac

The same progress which leads to farther extensions of ideas will still extend the vocabulary; and our neology must and will keep pace with the advancement of our knowledge.

From The Columbiad by Barlow, Joel

If it had been in one of those accepted as genuine and poetical I would have remembered the ballad, but my impression is that it was condemned as a fabrication for this and other neologies.

From The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author by Burton, John Hill