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neologism

noun as in new word

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It inspired endless debate, countless think pieces, and a neologism that instantly penetrated mainstream culture.

In the blink of an eye a neologism was formed, half Turkish, half English.

Witness the ridiculous neologism “Jew-washing”—the latest, Jewiest entry in the “No True Scotsman” competition.

Captology is a neologism coined by BJ Fogg, director of the very Soviet-sounding Stanford Persuasive Technology Lab.

The label stuck, and a search for “santorum” delivers the neologism first.

Rossetti's "Yester-year" moreover, is an absurd and affected neologism; "Antan" is an excellent and living French word.

In this one ordinary speech seemed to have been insufficient to describe the blotch, and he had to resort to a neologism.

But it observed a very high standard of classical English, a little intolerant of neologism, but not stiff nor jejune.

The locution of which we have made use—passed to the state of—has been condemned as a neologism by M. Royer Collard.

But if dictionaries are to be the arbiters of language, in which of them shall we find neologism?

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On this page you'll find 11 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to neologism, such as: coinage, neology, slang, buzz word, new phrase, and synthetic word.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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