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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare 1564-1616, English dramatist and poet, b. Stratford-on-Avon. He is widely considered the greatest playwright who ever lived. Life His father, John Shakespeare, was successful in the leather business during Shakespeare's early childhood but later met with financial diff... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Neologism"

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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ‘...
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...
-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...
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...
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...

Dictionary entries related to "Neologism"

neologism
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing neologism (ni- ol -ŏ-jizm) n. (in psychiatry) the invention of words to which meanings are attached. It may be a symptom of a psychotic illness, such as schizophrenia.
Neurotica
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis NEUROTICA Freud created the neologism neurotica to refer to his first approach to the etiology of the...letter, dated January 24, 1897, Freud had introduced a similar neologism: "The majority of my assumptions on the neuroticis were subsequently...
Coprophilia
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis ...Wilhelm Fliess: "Today I am sending you No. 2 of the "dreckological" reports . . ." (1985, p. 291). In creating this neologism from the German word Drek , meaning mud, filth, excrement, he was, according to Max Schur (1975), testifying to the...
Eroticism, Anal
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis ...269). In January of 1898, he sent his friend a summary of his " Drekkologie " (1985c [1887-1904], p. 291), a neologism that he coined during his self-analysis to designate the science of filth. In his Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality...
Prehistory, Rise of
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...It was in the later nineteenth century, however, that such efforts produced the modern discipline of "prehistory," a neologism self-consciously coined by Daniel Wilson in 1851. "Prehistory" ( Vorgeschichte ; pr é histoire ; preistoria...
Conservatism
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...the status quo. Rather it involves a critical encounter with what exists. Conservatism was itself a nineteenth-century neologism for a modern, novel, self-conscious disposition in politics and as such is a contemporary of socialism, liberalism...
Blank/Nondelusional Psychoses
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis ...speech mark an impasse or confusion with regard to the signifier. Lacan unfailingly examined the sudden appearance of any neologism or surface manifestation of the "kernel of dialectical inertia"(p. 22). His criticism of Maurits Katan focused on the...
Elementi di Psicoanalisi
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis ...Although Weiss attempted to summarize Freud's thought, he did not simply reproduce it passively. He introduced a conceptual neologism, the "inhibitory id," to refer to the oldest part of the superego and the feeling of unconscious guilt that accompanies...
Introjection
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis ...metapsychological perspective that takes into account the idea of adaptation, Ferenczi, at the end of his life, invented a neologism that combined introjection with the violent effects of parental repression and of a certain tendency in analysis. He wrote...
Visual Culture
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...importance of vision itself that has led to an ongoing reconceptualization of the visual and what has been called, in another neologism, visuality. Elkins locates the origins of visual culture as an emerging academic discipline in the cultural studies movement...

Thesaurus entries related to "Neologism"

neologism
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus neologism • noun  the delightful neologisms of Lewis Carroll synonyms : new word, new expression, new term, new phrase, coinage; made-up word, nonce word.
innovation
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English innovation • noun   synonyms : new method/device/measure, introduction, modernism, modernization, novelty, change, alteration, variation, transformation, metamorphosis, renovation, restyling, recasting, remodeling, coining, neology, neologism.

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When `Neologism' Helped Toward a PhD
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 8/6/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...but suddenly, the given word was `neologism.' " On went the light bulb. "I had...ve never had the pleasure, I run a neologism contest in this column every month...By the way, if you ever look up "neologism" in the dictionary, be prepared for...
Newlyweds Become Newly Crowned Neologism Contest Champions
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/6/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...times previously, they entered Levey's neologism contest, but failed to crack even the...work for a government agency. Levey's neologism contest is no passing fancy for these...chooses the wrong winner for his monthly neologism contest, this regrettable oversight...
Sneakers Point Geri Toward Neologism Glory
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 8/5/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...Faron's bedroom one recent evening, neologism-creation imitated life. Geri had just...July installment of Levey's monthly neologism contest. Bingo, a brainstorm "just...wouldn't you agree? After reading her neologism, I'd say it's a sure thing. Congratulations...
To the Early Bird, the Neologism Worm
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 5/9/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...she regularly entered Levey's monthly neologism contest. After several near misses...approximately equal measure. Never before has a neologism victory lunch cost absolutely nothing...books. An early riser, she often faxes neologism entries into Levey's waiting tray as...
LOOKING FOR JUST THE RIGHT WORD? TRY NEOLOGISM
Newspaper article from: News-Sun, The (Waukegan, IL); 12/2/2000; 700+ words ; ...because of Florida, it sounded like a neologism, a new or old word or phrase for something...him. This, it seems to me, is a real neologism. A new term for something that, until...of such things. Slang abounds, and a neologism can be slang, but few slang words and...
A Neologism Victory for Greg the Engineer
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/7/2003; ; 700+ words ; His entry was short and very sweet: "For March neologism, try: trappease," wrote Greg Coxson of Moorestown...Which is why Greg reigns as the winner of our monthly neologism contest. Greg did get one thing wrong: the month of the...
Postal Head Start-Neologism Victory
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/7/1988; ; 700+ words ; ...after breakfast, on the very day she read Levey's November neologism challenge, Linda drove from her home in Falls Church to the...takes ballroom dancing lessons. Clearly, the way to win a neologism contest is never to sleep! A fine job by a deserving early...
Sylvia's Winning Neologism `Just Came'
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/5/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...Fesler knew just what to do when she spotted our February neologism contest. She didn't stew, study, fuss or fume. She just...romantic movies. She was happy to learn that she can enter our neologism contest again. May she do so, early and often. Congratulations...
'Tumfoolery': Karen's Neologism Winner
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 4/7/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...men are famous. For that, she reigns as queen of our March neologism contest. Each month, we invite readers to create a word...change. Levey is still hacking away, as he was then, and the neologism contest is still afloat, as it was then. How else could...
For Harold, Early-Morning Neologism Win
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 4/5/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...Ginsberg of Kensington. He had never entered our monthly neologism contest before. Nor does he own any pets. So he doesn...pronounce, much less digest. A kingly feast for a kingly neologism. Congratulations! Almosts and Nearlies for March were...