Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pseudoneologism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pseudo-ne-ol-o-gism
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A word or expression that appears to be a neologism, but is actually either not genuinely new or is a pseudoform derived from existing linguistic elements.

Example Sentences

"A veritable lexicon of pseudoneologisms serves as the most subtle currency of this "givenness of the wrong word" in Beckett's prose. Throughout the work, arcane diction such as "dimmen," "strangury," "collapsion," "scrute" abounds. By their juxtaposition with perfectly colloquial idioms, these words present the erroneous appearance of neologism."

Etymology

From pseudo- + neologism.

Inflected Forms

pseudoneologisms (plural)

Questions

What does pseudoneologism mean?: A word or expression that appears to be a neologism, but is actually either not genuinely new or is a pseudoform derived from existing linguistic elements.
Where does pseudoneologism come from?: From pseudo- + neologism.

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