novelty
Meaning
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- The state of being new or novel; newness.
- A new product; an innovation.
- A small mass-produced trinket.
- In novelty theory, newness, density of complexification, and dynamic change as opposed to static habituation.
- An opening move played for the first time ever (in high-level chess).
Synonyms
something new
eccentric personality
anything new
different colour
new product
new one
new thing
different color
Frequency
Hyphenated as
nov‧el‧ty
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈnɑvəlti/
Etymology
From Middle English novelte, from Old French novelté (Modern French nouveauté), from the adjective novel, ultimately from Latin novellus.
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