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Neo-

This article describes the prefix neo-. If you are looking for the character in the film The Matrix, see Thomas A. Anderson.

Neo- is a prefix, derived from Greek that means new or recent, or in a modern form.

It appears in words such as the following:

neologism
neo-surrealism
neo-evangelicalism
neoliberalism
neoconservatism
neo-Latin
neolithic
neonate[?]
neo-Nazi
neophyte[?]
Neapolis (the original name of the originally Greek city of Naples)
neo-realist cinema[?]

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