# neology

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The study or art of neologizing (creating new words).
2. A reformist school of 18th- and 19th-century Christian theology influenced by doctrinal rationalism and the methods of historical criticism.

## Etymology
From neo- + -logy. In the theological sense, originally implying its proponents were innovators departing from religious tradition.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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