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• newfangled — adjective newfangled ideas, machines etc have been recently invented but you think they are too complicated or unnecessary: newfangled ideas about education …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• newfangled — new|fan|gled [ˌnju:ˈfæŋgəld US ˌnu: ] adj [only before noun] [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: newfangle newfangled (14 16 centuries), from new + Old English fangen seized ] recently designed or produced usually used to show disapproval or distrust ▪… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• newfangled — newfangledness, n. /nooh fang geuhld, fang , nyooh /, adj. 1. of a new kind or fashion: newfangled ideas. 2. fond of or given to novelty. [1425 75; late ME, equiv. to newefangel fond of or taken by what is new (newe NEW + fangel, OE *fangol… …   Universalium

• newfangled — /ˈnjufæŋgəld / (say nyoohfangguhld) adjective 1. of a novel kind and uncertain worth: *they just didn t trust new fangled ideas and didn t play games that cost money. –frank hardy, 1963. 2. fond of novelty. Also, new fangled. {Middle English… …  

• education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… …   Universalium

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• new — adj New, novel, new fashioned, newfangled, modern, modernistic, original, fresh can all mean having very recently come into existence or use or into a connection, a position, or a state (as of being recognized). A thing is new that has never… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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