neoterm

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noun

A newly coined scientific or technical term.

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Meanings

nounneoterm (plural neoterms)

plural neoterms

  1. human sciencesA newly coined scientific or technical term.

    The process by which a neoterm becomes transformed into a simple neologism in the general language is called determinologization, and occurs when there is a context shift in which the term undergoes a loss of its specialized nature.

    2024 March, Jeffrey Brent Frazier, A Corpus-Based Theory and Lexicographic Process for the Inclusion of Neologisms, Archaisms and Foreign Loanwords in Lexicons of Q'eqchi' Mayan (thesis), Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University, archived from the original on 12 Jun 2024, page 37

Origin

From neo- + term.

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

neoterm. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neoterm

MLA

“neoterm.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neoterm. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “neoterm,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neoterm.

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