as in modernism
a new word or expression or a new meaning of a word
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The term is not recognized in standard dictionaries and appears to be a neologism coined by Trump.
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Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Ever since Elon Musk bought X, the platform’s production of novel slang, metonyms, catchphrases, and other neologisms has fallen precipitously.
—Dan Brooks, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2025
In interviews, Twigs disbursed the meanings behind her neologism, her philosophy.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2025
Almost all philosophical ideas come nested in a complex backdrop of neologisms, foreign concepts, and alternative worldviews.
—Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 16 Dec. 2024
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Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Ever since Elon Musk bought X, the platform’s production of novel slang, metonyms, catchphrases, and other neologisms has fallen precipitously.
—Dan Brooks, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2025
In interviews, Twigs disbursed the meanings behind her neologism, her philosophy.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2025
Almost all philosophical ideas come nested in a complex backdrop of neologisms, foreign concepts, and alternative worldviews.
—Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 16 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for neologism
modernism
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In a world that’s increasingly automated and digital, many are moving away from cold, clinical modernism, yearning for spaces that feel tactile and human.—
Sophie Flaxman,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Sep. 2025
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As evidenced when the decision to tear down and rebuild Hotel Okura Tokyo, a towering symbol of Japanese modernism, was announced in 2015.—
Isabelle Kliger,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Neologism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neologism. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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