Eponym vs. Neologism
Eponymnoun
A real or fictitious person's name that has given rise to the name of a particular item.
Eponymnoun
A word formed from a real or fictive person’s name.
Eponymnoun
A word formed from a real or fictive place or thing.
Eponymnoun
The hypothetical individual who is assumed as the person from whom any race, city, etc., took its name; as, Hellen is an eponym of the Hellenes.
Eponymnoun
A name, as of a people, country, and the like, derived from that of an individual.
Eponymnoun
the name of a person for whom something is supposedly named;
Eponymnoun
a name derived from the name of person (real or imaginary) as the name of Alexandria is derived from the name of its founder: Alexander the Great
Eponym
An eponym is a person, place, or thing after whom or which someone or something is, or is believed to be, named. The adjectives derived from eponym include eponymous and eponymic.
Neologismnoun
A word or phrase which has recently been coined; a new word or phrase.
Neologismnoun
The act or instance of coining, or uttering a new word.
Neologismnoun
(psychiatry) The newly coined, meaningless words or phrases of someone with a psychosis, usually schizophrenia.
Neologismnoun
The introduction of new doctrine, for example in theology.
Neologismnoun
The introduction of new words, or the use of old words in a new sense.
Neologismnoun
A new word, phrase, or expression.
Neologismnoun
A new doctrine; specifically, rationalism.
Neologismnoun
a newly invented word or phrase
Neologismnoun
the act of inventing a word or phrase
Neologism
A neologism (; from Greek νέο- néo-, and λόγος lógos, ) is a relatively recent or isolated term, word, or phrase that may be in the process of entering common use, but that has not yet been fully accepted into mainstream language. Neologisms are often driven by changes in culture and technology.
