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neology|niːˈɒlədʒɪ|
[ad. F. néologie (1762), f. néo- neo- + -logie, Gr. -λογία: see -logy.]
1. The use of new terms. = neologism 1.
1797Monthly Mag. III. 417 Disfigured by neology, corruption, and barbarous modes of speech. 1812Sir H. Davy Chem. Philos. Advt., Innovation will be censured..and neology a constant reproach. 1870M. Williams Fuel of Sun 38 He..advocates the continued use of the term, in order to avoid neology.
b. A new word or term. = neologism 1 b.
1846Grove Corr. Phys. Forces 45, I cannot avoid this without a neology, which I have not the presumption to introduce. 1877Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. Introd. 44 Neologies and corruptions of all kinds crept into the text.
2. Novel views in theology. = neologism 2.
1834Sir W. Hamilton Discuss. (1852) 506 The dangerous neology so deprecated in the German divines. 1848Kingsley Yeast vi, He had been taught to scent German neology in everything, as some folks are taught to scent Jesuitry. |