Neo-

Neo- is a prefix, derived from Greek that connotes a "new" or recent form of something, or a revival in a modern form.

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Neo- appears in its simplest sense of "new" in words such as the following:

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• Neapolis, the original Greek name of the "new city" of Naples.
• neologism, a newly-coined word.
• neon, a newly-discovered noble gas.
• neonate, a newborn child.
• , a "newly planted" novice in an established field.
• neoteny, retaining infantile characteristics.

In distinguishing between forms that are sections of a continuum, neo- is simply contrasted with palaeo-, thus:

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• the neolithic, the "New" Stone Age, is contrasted with the Palaeolithic.

In the history of ideas, "neo-" connotes a conscious revival of a lapsed original, invariably with new characteristics or new emphases, which distinguish the idea or movement from its original. It is understood as an intrinsic element of the reformulation, that an identity or continuity with the older form that is being revived is an essential part of the new one:

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• neo-evangelicalism
• neoliberalism
• Neoclassicism
• neoconservatism
• Neo Hasidism
• neo-Latin
• neo-Nazi

In contemporary culture, neo- may simply lay claim to novelty:

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• neopets
• neomail

Neo- related Images and Photos (experimental)

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Statue and Detail of Facade of Bratislava's Neo-Baroque Slovak National Theatre Slovakia Europe	Relief Depicting the Son of King Araras from Carchemish Turkey Neo-Hittite 10th-8th Century Bc	Ashurbanipal II Killing Lions the Palace of Ashurbanipal II Nimrud Iraq Neo-Assyrian 668-627 BC