neoterm
nounEtymology From neo- + term.
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences A 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:
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- neologism