neology
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Some have more to do with neology than psychology.
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Neolog′ic, -al, pertaining to neology: using new words.—adv.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
Dean Milman's neology, the peculiarities of the Irvingites, and the dangerous Oxford tracts, were alternately denounced.
From Old and New London Volume I by Walter Thornbury
For this was the age of Benthamism in social philosophy and "German neology" in biblical criticism.
From The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) by George C. (George Charles) Brodrick
"Oh! neology, and all that sort of thing."
From Adela Cathcart, Volume 1 by George MacDonald
If it had been in one of those accepted as genuine and poetical I would have remembered the ballad, but my impression is that it was condemned as a fabrication for this and other neologies.
From The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author by John Hill Burton