Neo-Hebraic (2)
Neo–Hebraic, n. The modern Hebrew language.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Neo-Hegelian
Ne′o–He‐ge″li‐an, a. Of or pertaining to Neo-Hegelianism.
Neo-Hegelian (2)
Neo–Hegelian, n. An adherent of Neo-Hegelianism.
Neo-Hegelianism
Ne′o–He‐ge″li‐an‐ism, n. The philosophy of a school of British and American idealists who follow Hegel in dialectical or logical method and in the general outcome of their doctr...
Neo-Hellenic
Ne′o–Hel‐len″ic, n. Same as Romaic.
Neo-Hellenism
Ne′o–Hel″len‐ism (?), n. Hellenism as surviving or revival in modern times; the practice or pursuit of ancient Greek ideals in modern life, art, or literature, as in the Renaiss...
Neo-Kantian
Ne′o–Kant″i‐an, a. Of or pertaining to Neo-Kantianism.
Neo-Kantian (2)
Neo–Kantian, n. An adherent of Neo-Kantianism.
Neo-Kantianism
Ne′o–Kant″i‐an‐ism, n. The philosophy of modern thinkers who follow Kant in his general theory of knowledge, esp. of a group of German philosophers including F. A. Lange, H. Coh...
Neo-Lamarckism
Ne′o–La‐marck″ism, n.(Biol.) Lamarckism as revived, modified, and expounded by recent biologists, esp. as maintaining that the offspring inherits characters acquired by the pare...
Neo-Latin
Ne′o–Lat″in (?), a. [Neo- + Latin.] Applied to the Romance languages, as being mostly of Latin origin.
Neo-Malthusian
Ne′o–Mal‐thu″sian, a. Designating, or pertaining to, a group of modern economists who hold to the Malthusianism doctrine that permanent betterment of the general standard of liv...
Neo-Scholastic
Ne′o–Scho‐las″tic, a. Of or pert. to Neo-Scholasticism.
Neo-Scholasticism
Ne′o–Scho‐las″ti‐cism, n. The modern revival of the Scholastic philosophy, esp. of that of Thomas Aquinas, with critical revision to suit the exigencies of the general advance i...
Neocarida
‖Ne′o‐car″i‐da (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. νέοσ new + �, �, a kind of crustacean.] (Zoöl.) The modern, or true, Crustacea, as distinguished from the Merostomata.
Neocene
Ne″o‐cene (?), a. [Neo- + Gr. νέοσ new.] (Geol.) More recent than the Eocene, that is, including both the Miocene and Pliocene divisions of the Tertiary.
Neoclassic
Ne′o‐clas″sic (?), a. [Neo- + classic.] Belonging to, or designating, the modern revival of classical, esp. Greco-Roman, taste and manner of work in architecture, etc.
Neoclassic architecture
Neoclassic architecture. All that architecture which, since the beginning of the Italian Renaissance, about 1420, has been designed with deliberate imitation of Greco-Roman buil...
Neocomian
Ne′o‐co″mi‐an (?), n. [From Neocomium, the Latin name of Neuchatel, in Switzerland, where these rocks occur.] (Geol.) A term applied to the lowest deposits of the Cretaceous or ...
Neocomian (2)
Ne′o‐co″mi‐an, a.(Geol.) Of or pertaining to the lower greensand.
Neocosmic
Ne′o‐cos″mic (?), a. [Neo- + cosmic.] Of or pertaining to the universe in its present state; specifically, pertaining to the races of men known to history.
Neocracy
Ne‐oc″ra‐cy (?), n. [Neo-+ -cracy, as in aristocracy.] Government by new or inexperienced hands; upstart rule; raw or untried officials.
Neocriticism
Ne′o‐crit″i‐cism (?), n. [Neo- + classicism.] The form of Neo-Kantianism developed by French idealists, following C. Renouvier. It rejects the noumena of Kant, restricting knowl...
Neodamode
Ne‐od″a‐mode (nē̍‐ŏd″ȧ‐mōd), n. [Gr. νεοδαμώδησ; νέοσ new + δα̑μοσ, δη̑μοσ, the people + εἰ̑δοσ shape.] In ancient Sparta, one of those Helots who were freed by the state in rew...
Neodymium
Ne′o‐dym″i‐um (?), n. [NL. Dee Neo-, and Didymium.] (Chem.) An elementary substance which forms one of the constituents of didymium. Symbol Nd. Atomic weight 140.8.
Neodymium (2)
Ne′o‐dym″i‐um (?), n. [NL. See Neo-, Didymium.] (Chem.) A rare metallic element occurring in combination with cerium, lanthanum, and other rare metals, and forming amethyst-colo...
Neogæan
Ne′o‐gæ″an (?), a. [Neo- + Gr. � earth.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the New World, or Western Hemisphere.