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newfangled contraption

NOUN
innovativeness
Synonyms
STRONG
change crazy creation freshness innovation modernity mutation newness oddball oddity original originality origination permutation recentness sport strangeness surprise unfamiliarity uniqueness vicissitude weird
WEAK
dernier cri last word newfangledness
Antonyms
STRONG
habit normality stagnation usualness
NOUN
newfangledness
Synonyms
WEAK
change crazy creation dernier cri freshness innovation innovativeness last word modernity mutation newness oddball oddity original originality origination permutation recentness sport strangeness surprise unfamiliarity uniqueness vicissitude weird
NOUN
novelty
Synonyms
STRONGEST
freshness innovation oddity uniqueness
STRONG
change crazy creation modernity mutation oddball original origination permutation recentness sport strangeness surprise unfamiliarity vicissitude weird
WEAK
dernier cri last word
Antonyms
STRONGEST
habit
STRONG
stagnation

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Company lore holds that he first encountered a newfangled contraption called a blender at the 1937 Great Lakes Exposition in Cleveland and was seized by its possibilities.

From BusinessWeek • Dec. 19, 2013

Once upon a time Hollywood practically wanted Congress to outlaw a newfangled contraption called television.

From Time Magazine Archive