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neologism [3 records]

Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Neology and Linguistic Borrowing
  • Lexicology, Lexicography, Terminology
DEF

The coining or use of new words.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Néologie et emprunts
  • Lexicologie, lexicographie et terminologie
DEF

Création ou introduction de mots nouveaux dans une langue.

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lexicology, Lexicography, Terminology
DEF

[A] new term that is not in general use, or [a] term used in a new sense.

OBS

neologism: term used in the TERMIUM Guide.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lexicologie, lexicographie et terminologie
DEF

Terme nouveau dont l’usage n’est pas généralisé ou terme employé dans un sens nouveau.

OBS

néologisme : terme utilisé dans le Guide TERMIUM.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Lexicología, lexicografía y terminología
DEF

Término nuevo en una lengua o al que se le ha dado un nuevo significado.

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Record 3 2009-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mental Disorders
  • Clinical Psychology
CONT

Neologisms are words of the patient's own making, often portmanteau condensations of several other words, and having originally had a special meaning for the patients.

CONT

[The] same patient imagined she was called "Hokerring," a neologism produced by fusing the two words "smoked herring" ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles mentaux
  • Psychologie clinique
DEF

[...] mot créé par le sujet, soit à partir de sons, soit par la fusion de mots ou de fragments de mots. Se rencontre dans certains états délirants.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Trastornos mentales
  • Psicología clínica
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