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neophilology

neophilology noun: linguistics dealing with modern languages.

Noun

neophilology (uncountable)

  1. Linguistics dealing with modern languages.

Origin of neophilology

neo- + philology

Questions about neophilology

What does neophilology mean?
Neophilology means linguistics dealing with modern languages.
What part of speech is neophilology?
Neophilology is a noun.

Words near neophilology in the dictionary

  1. neophilics
  2. neophilism
  3. neophilological
  4. neophilologist
  5. neophilologists
  6. neophilology
  7. neophobe
  8. neophobes
  9. neophobia
  10. neophobias
  11. neophobic

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