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a new word or expression or a new meaning of a word
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Recent Examples of neologism
Almost all philosophical ideas come nested in a complex backdrop of neologisms, foreign concepts, and alternative worldviews.
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Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 16 Dec. 2024
In interviews, Twigs disbursed the meanings behind her neologism, her philosophy.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2025
Perhaps that’s why we’ve been bombarded with so many neologisms to describe mind states, like brain rot, or Eusexua.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2025
Pepperberg demonstrated that Alex asked questions, performed simple addition and, in a few instances, coined neologisms.
—Camille Bromley Gabra Zackman Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 16 Dec. 2024
In interviews, Twigs disbursed the meanings behind her neologism, her philosophy.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2025
Perhaps that’s why we’ve been bombarded with so many neologisms to describe mind states, like brain rot, or Eusexua.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2025
Pepperberg demonstrated that Alex asked questions, performed simple addition and, in a few instances, coined neologisms.
—Camille Bromley Gabra Zackman Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for neologism
modernism
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Then there’s Sanyu, a painter whose signature nudes — their flat perspective and flowing calligraphic lines informed as much by his Chinese art education as French modernism — now attract astronomical sums.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
1 June 2025
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The Parisians’ love of tradition and romance combined with its youthful modernism is the pull for me.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
24 May 2025
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“Neologism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neologism. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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