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NEOLOGISM
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
NEOLOGISM, A new WORD or sense of a word and the coining or use of new words and senses. Most neologisms in English belong in the following...
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Pacifism
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Pacifism The term pacifism is a neologism that was coined in the early twentieth century. It was invented...pacifique , or Friedensbewegung were not fully displaced by the neologism. It has been suggested that an analytical distinction be made...
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Boundaryless
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Small Business
Boundaryless "Boundaryless" is a neologism that has become a slogan of sorts in business practice, usually in the form of "a boundaryless organization." Such an organization...
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Human Cloning
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...of xenotransplantation presents a whole new set of risks for consideration as well as the so-called xenozoonoses. This neologism refers to animal diseases that may be transmitted to the recipient of a xenotransplant. Some zoonotic pathogens are known...
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JOURNALESE
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
...defines journalese as: ‘(1) a manner of writing or speaking characterized by CLICHÉS , occasional NEOLOGISM , archness, sensationalizing adjectives, unusual or faulty syntax, etc., used by some journalists, esp. certain columnists...
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Lebensborn
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II
Lebensborn, a neologism meaning ‘fountain of life’, was a Nazi programme organized by Himmler to increase the birthrate of ‘...
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Meritocracy
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...nepotism, favoritism, discrimination, and sheer randomness either wholly or partially determine who is in charge. The neologism, meritocracy, created for Young an implicit juxtaposition with the term aristocracy . While aristocracy characterizes a...
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-ISM
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
...anachronism , aphorism , archaism , barbarism , classicism , colloquialism , dysphemism , euphemism initialism , malapropism , neologism , regionalism , solecism , syllogism , truism , verbalism , witticism . (3) Forming words that identify usages as belonging...
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Jurimetrics
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
...computers in law practice began to revolutionize the areas of legal research, evidence analysis, and data management. A neologism whose roots suggest jurisprudence and measurement, it was popularized by the american bar association (ABA), whose quarterly...
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Feminism
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
FEMINISM FEMINISM. Although "feminism" is a nineteenth-century neologism, it is now generally accepted in anglophone historiography as a shorthand label for discourses that criticize misogyny and male...
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