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Neoism

Neoism noun: a subcultural network of artistic performance and media experimentalists, using pseudonyms, pranks, paradoxes, plagiarism, and fakes so as to attempt to defy categorization.

Noun

Neoism (uncountable)

  1. A subcultural network of artistic performance and media experimentalists, using pseudonyms, pranks, paradoxes, plagiarism, and fakes so as to attempt to defy categorization.

Origin of Neoism

From neo- + -ism.

Questions about Neoism

What does Neoism mean?
Neoism means a subcultural network of artistic performance and media experimentalists, using pseudonyms, pranks, paradoxes, plagiarism, and fakes so as to attempt to defy categorization.
What part of speech is Neoism?
Neoism is a noun.

Words near Neoism in the dictionary

  1. neointimae
  2. neointimal
  3. neointimas
  4. neoislet
  5. neoislets
  6. Neoism
  7. neoisocarvomenthol
  8. Neoist
  9. Neoists
  10. neojusticidin
  11. neojusticidins

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