neologism
A Word with Greek Root, Prefix or Suffix
neo-
A Word with Greek Root, Prefix or Suffix
neologism
a new word or an established word acquiring a new meaning
新字, 新义
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Dissection of neologism
neologism = neo- (new) + log (idea, word, speech, discussion, reason, study) + -ism (suffix for abstract noun, condition, action)
neologism = a new word or an established word acquiring a new meaning
Now Repeat my Dissection
neologism = a new word or an established word acquiring a new meaning
Important roots for this word:
log
neo-
Note: You may sometimes find that a vowel such as o is often inserted between two roots, as o inserted between phon and graph in phonograph = phon + o + graph, the reason is for easy pronounciation. Another example is archaeology = archae + o + logy
Repetition is the key to learning.
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