neology

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The study or art of neologizing (creating new words).
  2. A reformist school of 18th- and 19th-century Christian theology influenced by doctrinal rationalism and the methods of historical criticism.

Word forms

neology neologies

Etymology

From neo- + -logy. In the theological sense, originally implying its proponents were innovators departing from religious tradition.

Derived words

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