novum
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈnoʊ.vəm/
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novedad
- The artist's latest sculpture represents a novum in contemporary art, merging technology with traditional craftsmanship.
Examples
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So with the language of praise for God: it needs to do its proper work, to articulate the sense of answering to a reality not already embedded in the conventions of speech; to show the novum of God's action in respect of any pre-existing human idiom.
Academic text (1995) -
Insofar as they have been and still are dealing with this novum of human rights, they are doing so from within their more traditional starting point of the responsibility of the individual for the community, not the other way around as liberal anthropology does.
Academic text (2002) -
CUI believes that over the next five years, growth will come from the products and technology being developed in its Novum Advanced Power product group.
Blog text (20) -
"Novelty, surprise, novum, sense of wonder... all of these are invoked as central to SF and all seem to be lacking or misused in what is considered the best short fiction in the field."
Blog text (1) -
Fackenheim, on the contrary, saw it as impossible to be a dialectician after the Holocaust; he saw in the Holocaust a unique historical event, a "novum," an event that caused a "fissure" or "abyss" or "fracture" in history, one that precluded any notion of anabasis.
Academic text (2014) -
The invention of the smartphone was a significant novum that changed how we communicate.
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Many consider the electric car a novum in the automotive industry, paving the way for sustainable transportation.
Synonyms
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3.9
Bringing in new ideas or ways of doing things
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3.9
A sudden important discovery or advance that solves a big problem
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4.7
Something new or different that seems interesting
45
2.7
A recent function added to a product or app to help users
How New
Surface Forms
Etymology
Novum comes from the Latin novus, which means 'new', and it shares the same root as the English words novel and novice. So a novum is a new thing or innovation that gives a fresh idea or feeling to a story or a field.