Novelty

Noun

 * 1) The state of being new or novel; newness.
 * 2) A new product; an innovation.
 * 3) * 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.
 * 1) A small mass-produced trinket.
 * 2) In novelty theory, newness, density of complexification, and dynamic change as opposed to static habituation.

Verbs for Novelty
clamor for—; create—; discard—; exhaust —; indulge in—; invent—; laud—; marvel at—; praise—; quicken with—; seek—; spur on by—; wonder at—; —amuses; —captures; —charms; —dazzles; —delights; — disquiets; —diverts; —entrances; —impresses; —palls.

Thesaurus
advance guard, authenticity, avant-garde, bauble, brand-newness, callowness, craze, creativeness, creativity, dewiness, fad, faddiness, faddishness, faddism, faddist, freshness, gewgaw, gimcrack, gimmick, gloss of novelty, greenness, immaturity, innovation, innovativeness, intactness, inventiveness, kickshaw, lateness, latest fad, latest fashion, latest wrinkle, maidenhood, mint condition, new look, newbornness, newfangled device, newfangledness, newfangleness, newness, nonimitation, novelness, nowness, originality, ornament, plaything, presentness, pristineness, rage, rawness, recency, recentness, strangeness, the in thing, the last word, the latest thing, toy, trifle, trinket, uncommonness, unfamiliarity, uniqueness, unusualness, vanguard, virginity, wrinkle

Etymology
novelté: (Modern French nouveauté:), from the adjective novel:, ultimately from novellus:.

Translations

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 * Chinese: 新奇 (xīnqí)
 * Dutch: nieuwigheid
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 * Hindi: नवीनता
 * Hungarian: újszerűség, újdonság


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 珍しさ (めずらしさ, mezurashisa)
 * Korean: 신기함 (sin-giham)
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 * Swedish: ovanlighet


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 * Greek: καινοτομία


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Derived terms

 * novelty theory