Neo-

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

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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