neonymy

Noun

neonymy (uncountable)

1. The coining of new terms.
   • After pointing out the basic principles of neonymy, the principal methods of neonymic formation of chemical terms are cited and illustrated by examples taken from recent nomenclature recommendations issued by the International Union of Biochemistry (IUB), the World Health Organization (WHO), the...1988, Richard Alan Strehlow, Standardization of Technical Terminology, →ISBN
   • The software packages which exist on the market would become more useful if they would pay much more attention to neonymy. Have people studied sufficiently the possibilities offered by terminology to perfect these software packages?1993, Helmi B. Sonneveld, Kurt L. Loening, Terminology: Applications in Interdisciplinary Communication, →ISBN
2. The process of giving a new name to an established concept; renaming.
   • According to the letter of the law I might be convicted of neologism, but its spirit would acquit me of neonymy in any unusual or unjustifiable degree.1885, Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, page 286
   • Most recently, Communist leaders of spiritual-political movements likewise practiced neonymy, such as the lawyer Vladimir Ulyanov who became Nicolai Lenin, Marxist Revolutionary.1994, Henry Hanoch Abramovitch, The First Father: Abraham, page 93