Neologism
<p >A <b>neologism</b> (<img src="/18c515f7-dea6-5b1e-b472-05f16146d200.png"/> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English" title="Wikipedia:IPA for English" >/</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Wikipedia:IPA for English" >niːˈɒlədʒɪzəm</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English" title="Wikipedia:IPA for English" >/</a>; from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language" >Greek</a> <i>νέο- (néo-)</i>, meaning "new", and <i>λόγος (lógos)</i>, meaning "speech, utterance") is a newly coined term, word, or phrase, that may be in the process of entering common use, but has not yet been accepted into mainstream language. Neologisms are often directly attributable to a specific person, publication, period, or event. <b>Neolexia</b> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language" >Greek</a>: a "new word", or the act of creating a new word) is a fully equivalent term.</p>
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The term <i>neologism</i> is first attested in English in 1772, borrowed from French <i>néologisme</i> (1734).<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neolism#cite_note-0" >[1]</a></sup>
In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychiatry" title="Psychiatry" >psychiatry</a>, the term <i>neologism</i> is used to describe the use of words that have meaning only to the person who uses them, independent of their common meaning.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neolism#cite_note-1" >[2]</a></sup> This is considered normal in children, but a symptom of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought_disorder" title="Thought disorder" >thought disorder</a> (indicative of a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychosis" title="Psychosis" >psychotic</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_illness" title="Mental illness" class="mw-redirect" >mental illness</a>, such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizophrenia" title="Schizophrenia" >schizophrenia</a>) in adults.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neolism#cite_note-2" >[3]</a></sup> People with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autism" title="Autism" >autism</a> also may create neologisms.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neolism#cite_note-3" >[4]</a></sup> Additionally, use of neologisms may be related to<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphasia" title="Aphasia" >aphasia</a> acquired after <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_damage" title="Brain damage" >brain damage</a> resulting from a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroke" title="Stroke" >stroke</a> or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traumatic_brain_injury" title="Traumatic brain injury" >head injury</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neolism#cite_note-4" >[5]</a></sup></p>
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In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theology" title="Theology" >theology</a>, a neologism is a relatively new doctrine (for example, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcendentalism" title="Transcendentalism" >Transcendentalism</a>). In this sense, a neologist is one who proposes either a new doctrine or a new interpretation of source material such as religious texts.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neolism#cite_note-5" >[6]</a></sup></p>