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Neologism in forensic practice

open access: yesBritish Journal of Forensic Practice, 2003
A neologism (new word) has crept into forensic practice: the word ‘absconsion’, which is used instead of the correct form of ‘abscondment’ to mean the act of running away or escaping.
Rita Dalton
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Neologisms

English World-Wide. A Journal of Varieties of English, 2018
Abstract Studies in word-formation in English are common compared to the study of new words that are formed by combining the resources of two linguistic systems. Although new word formations within a language are considered to be highly creative, combining words from two different languages provides another level of creativity to ...
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The Classification of Schizophrenic Neologisms

Psychiatry, 1979
The use of neologisms has long been considered a symptom of schizophrenic thought disorder. However, a review of current literature and psychiatric textbooks reveals few clinical examples of neologism that may be used for illustrative purposes. A prominent exception is a paper by Forest (1969).
W R, LeVine, R L, Conrad
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Neurological Scottish neologisms

Practical Neurology, 2019
In 1983, Douglas Adams and John Lloyd published The Meaning of Liff ,1 a magnificent and hugely successful humourous book in which hundreds of common experiences, emotions, objects and situations were assigned UK place names (figure 1). Some of our personal favourites include the following: Figure 1 The (original) meaning of Liff book.
John Paul, Leach   +4 more
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A Neologism Learning Test

British Journal of Psychiatry, 1967
Shapiro and Nelson (1955) suggested that an important factor in the cognitive impairment of psychiatric patients was a diminution of present learning ability. They devised a new test in which the subject had to learn and retain the meanings of five previously unknown words.
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Glossary of Neologisms

2020
Here is a list of words with definitions that the author has invented or adapted in order to address the absence or the limitations of some English words in getting across a profound Eastern philosophy.
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