novelty
See also: Novelty
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French novelté (Modern French nouveauté), from the adjective novel, ultimately from Latin novellus.
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Noun
novelty (countable and uncountable, plural novelties)
- The state of being new or novel; newness.
- A new product; an innovation.
- 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 10.
- 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, 1973. § 10.
- A small mass-produced trinket.
- In novelty theory, newness, density of complexification, and dynamic change as opposed to static habituation.
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state of being new
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new product
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