novelties

Noun

novelty (countable and uncountable, plural novelties)

1. The state of being new or novel; newness.
   • It was by no means pleasant to realize that there was an unknown number of menaces up there over your head, quietly circling and circling until someone should arrange for them to drop - and that there was nothing to be done about them. Still, life has to go on - and novelty is a wonderfully...1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 28
2. A new product; an innovation.
   • Reconciling profound enquiry with clearness, and truth with novelty.1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral., London: Oxford University Press, published 1973, § 10
3. A small mass-produced trinket.
   • One released image shows Trump with six women with leis whose faces were redacted by committee members, while another depicts what appears to be a bowl of novelty condoms with a caricature of Trump’s face with the text, “I’m HUUUUGE!” The condoms – shown in a bowl with a “Trump condom $4.50” sign –...2025 December 12, Kaitlan Collins, Annie Grayer, “New photos released from Epstein’s estate showing Trump, Bannon, Bill Clinton and other high-profile people”, in CNN
4. In novelty theory, newness, density of complexification, and dynamic change as opposed to static habituation.
5. An opening move played for the first time ever (in high-level chess).
   • Topalov has unveiled some interesting novelties lately, but there was nothing unusual in his opening here. Sasikiran played the Nimzo-Indian, and Topalov replied with probably the most classical continuation.2007 May 27, Dylan Loeb Mcclain, “What Defines the Very Best? For Topalov, It's Fearlessness”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022

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