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Old 04-29-2011, 05:00 PM   #139
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Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan View Post
It's a combination of the terms "Renaissance" and "Onus" (which means responsibility); put together, Onuissance (pronounced "Own-e-sonse") means "The Age of Responsibility."
Renaissance is literally rebirth. Presumably you're trying to get a word for birth of responsibility, combined with the feeling of "The Renaissance" as a period in history. It's a nice idea.

I just hate the spelling and pronunciation you've come up with. And even if I liked the word, I don't think a hard-to-pronounce, non-obvious neologism is the right choice for a book title.
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