Neologism vs Undefined - What's the difference?
neologism | undefined |
(linguistics) A word or phrase which has recently been coined; a new word or phrase.
(linguistics, uncountable) The act or instance of coining, or uttering a new word.
(psychiatry) The newly coined, meaningless words or phrases of someone with a psychosis, usually schizophrenia.
Lacking a definition or value.
(mathematics, computing) That does not have a meaning and is thus not assigned an interpretation.
As a noun neologism
is (linguistics) a word or phrase which has recently been coined; a new word or phrase.As an adjective undefined is
lacking a definition or value.neologism
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(wikipedia neologism)Noun
Usage notes
For a word to be no longer considered new, it needs to be understood by a significant portion of the population as having always been a valid word. For that to occur the word must have been in common use for approximately one generation — fifteen to twenty years — but there is no universally accepted measure.Synonyms
* coinageAntonyms
* paleologismDerived terms
* diffused neologism * stable neologismSee also
* protologism * vogue words *References
* The Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and Style. Bryan A. Garner. Oxford University Press, 2000. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. 21 June 2006 * The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.undefined
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Adjective
(wikipedia undefined) (-)- The result of division by zero is undefined .