paleologism

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Definition von paleologism im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

A word or phrase that was coined in the distant past, often now obscure and perhaps having a definition or implication different from that of a more recent usage

The word trust is in no way a neologism. On the contrary, it is a kind of paleologism, a primitive signifier, a word from a barbarian time..

Antonyme

neologism

Etymologie

() Derived from Greek paleós, meaning "old", and patterned after “neologism”.