how to pronounce neologism

/niˈɒl.ə.dʒɪ.zəm/

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neologism is pronounced in five syllables

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niɒlədʒɪzəm

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meanings of neologism

noun:

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

neologism frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word neologism occurs in english on average 0.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics neologism can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that neologism can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) education, science, and technology;

words with pronunciation similar to neologism

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