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a new word or expression or a new meaning of a word
scientific neologisms
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Recent Examples of neologism
In interviews, Twigs disbursed the meanings behind her neologism, her philosophy.
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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
As a host, Scherzinger could play the eager theater kid to the likes of the intimidating Simon Cowell, throwing out neologisms like schamazing.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2024
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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
As a host, Scherzinger could play the eager theater kid to the likes of the intimidating Simon Cowell, throwing out neologisms like schamazing.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for neologism
modernism
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But the appeal of midcentury modernism, complete with clean lines and expansive windows, has transcended time.—
Jackie Valley,
Christian Science Monitor,
2 May 2025
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The dress evokes the 19th-century quilts of Gee’s Bend, Alabama, created by a rural collective of African American women whose improvisational compositions are now recognized as foundational to American modernism.—
Najha Zigbi-Johnson,
Essence,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Neologism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neologism. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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