neologism

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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From French néologisme, from Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new”) + λόγος (lógos, “word”) + -ism.

The resulting neologism =budoar= is now in current use. — The Spanish American Reader, Ernesto Nelson
The Abbé Grégoire, ex-bishop, ex-conventionary, ex-senator, had passed, in the royalist polemics, to the state of “Infamous Grégoire.” The locution of which we have made use—passed to the state of—has been condemned as a neologism by M. Royer Collard. — Les Misérables, Victor Hugo
On the contrary, he admits his indebtedness for the conception of solidarity to the dictum of St. Paul, “We are all members of one body.” [563] “I was the first to employ the term ‘socialism.’ It was a neologism then, but a very necessary term. — A history of economic doctrines : $b from the time of the physiocrats to the present day, Charles Gide

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