as in modernism
a new word or expression or a new meaning of a word
scientific neologisms
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In spite of its phonetics, apparently the term is not Yiddish, but a neologism declared by a French writer of comedic phantasms to be German and intended to designate an absurd, unfathomable object that can serve all kinds of purposes.
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Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Artforum, 1 June 2025
Now, without finding a new emblem to rally behind, Democrats may be doing little more than battling that other neologism: MAGA.
—Kevin M. Schultz, The Conversation, 8 May 2025
The term is not recognized in standard dictionaries and appears to be a neologism coined by Trump.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 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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Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Artforum, 1 June 2025
Now, without finding a new emblem to rally behind, Democrats may be doing little more than battling that other neologism: MAGA.
—Kevin M. Schultz, The Conversation, 8 May 2025
The term is not recognized in standard dictionaries and appears to be a neologism coined by Trump.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 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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Like many of his contemporaries—James Baldwin, Richard Wright, Styron—Matthiessen was in Paris to channel the legacy of literary modernism and to write innovative fiction.—
Maggie Doherty,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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For Lei, the piece embodied his fondness for structured fabrics, recalling the sleek modernism of Mary Quant and Pierre Cardin.—
Denni Hu,
Footwear News,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Neologism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neologism. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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