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In linguistics, a neologism (/ n i ˈ ɒ l ə ˌ dʒ ɪ z əm /; also known as a coinage) is any newly formed word, term, or phrase that has achieved popular or institutional recognition and is becoming accepted into mainstream language. [1] Most definitively, a word can be considered a neologism once it is published in a dictionary. [2]
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Most words will be classed by their respective decade they were coined in; this category is only to be used directly on an article if the decade the neologism was coined is uncertain. 16th 17th
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Neologisms constitute a notable part of the writing style of Stanisław Lem, a Polish science fiction author and essayist.. Lem says that in building his neologisms, particularly of grotesque character, he uses the peculiarities of the Polish language.
A straightforward method of introducing new terms in a language is to create a neologism, i.e. a completely new lexical item in the lexicon.For example, in the philosopher Heidegger's native German, he introduced neologisms to describe various concepts in his ontology (Dasein and Mitsein, for instance; both derived from common German words da and sein, etc.).
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