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neologism
  1. (linguistics) A word or phrase which has recently been coined; a new word or phrase.
  2. (linguistics) The act or instance of coining, or uttering a new word.
  3. (psychiatry) The newly coined, meaningless words or phrases of someone with a psychosis, usually schizophrenia.
  4. The introduction of new doctrine, for example in theology.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “I wouldn't call them neologisms because a neologism is a new word that has immediate definition or sense.”
      “Most languages have some self-critical locution, usually a wordplay or neologism, to indicate typical national defects.”
      “Like Clark Coolidge, whose verve depends on malapropism, neologism, and ricochet, Roberts bounces back and forth within a multivalent vocabulary.”
neologianism
  1. Archaic form of neologism.
neologisms
  1. plural of neologism
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Stylistically, the language was riddled with neologisms and foreign terms, and the composition was muddled by excessive ornaments.”
      “Yet, many neologisms sneak in unnoticed and many exist for some time, only later to attract adverse attention.”
      “I was imagining a full hybridized America in the 21st century and trying to coin all these neologisms to explain what America would look like.”
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