neologicity

N1E1O1L1O1G2I1C3I1T1Y4

noun

The quality of being a neologism (a newly-coined word).

“The slang term groovy has lost some of its neologicity over time, and is now considered somewhat dated.”

Scrabble 17
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounneologicity (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of being a neologism (a newly-coined word).

    The slang term groovy has lost some of its neologicity over time, and is now considered somewhat dated.

    1 more example

    The neologicity of newly discovered concepts, i.e. their instability is reinforced even more by the constant supply of new concepts as well as by "the influence that these exercise on the resemantization of the paradigm which takes place in the treated subfield" (P. Wijnands, 1991).

    1993, Paul Wijnands, “Terminology versus Artificial Intelligence”, in Helmi B. Sonneveld, Kurt L. Loening, editors, Terminology: Applications in Interdisciplinary Communication, Amsterdam; Philadelphia, P.A.: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 172

Origin

From neologic + -ity.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

neologicity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neologicity

MLA

“neologicity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neologicity. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “neologicity,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neologicity.

Source: neologicity on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.