Word: Neoism
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ne
o
ism
Definition: A subcultural network of artistic performance and media experimentalists, using pseudonyms, pranks, paradoxes, plagiarism and fakes so as to attempt to defy categorization.
Morphemes:
Affix: neo-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Being a newly-discovered or -synthesized variant of an existing compound
Etymology Compounds: Affix: νέος
Language: grc
Decoded: neos
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: new, fresh
Affix: -ism
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns indicating a peculiarity or characteristic of language
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ισμός
Language: grc
Decoded: -ismos
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forms abstract nouns.