How to Use neologism in a Sentence

neologism

noun
  • These neologisms weren’t just clever.
    — Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Does the definition match the part of speech of the neologism?
    — Pat Myers, Washington Post, 30 June 2022
  • Gender-neutral neologisms like ha, hizzer, E, shim, thare, um and ita never even left the hangar.
    — Time, 17 Jan. 2020
  • Coining neologisms was and still is one of Coupland’s things.
    — Laura Miller, Slate Magazine, 15 May 2017
  • After all, even the simplest of idioms was once a neologism vying for recognition.
    — Sam Corbin, New York Times, 9 July 2023
  • But there is a strain of wishful thinking in the idea that neologisms, revamped grammars, could effect better living.
    — Elisa Gabbert, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2020
  • Instead, these books feature a new kind of mutant—wonky business writers endowed with bulging brainpans and killer neologisms.
    — Jennifer Alsever, WIRED, 29 Mar. 2011
  • This week’s contest — to transpose two letters in a word or phrase — has often been an option in our change-a-letter neologism contests over the years.
    — Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Osmond and Huxley had discussed possible neologisms to describe the impact such drugs had on the body and mind.
    — Paul Lindholdt, JSTOR Daily, 11 Sep. 2024
  • During the next coffee break, Crutzen’s neologism was the main topic of conversation.
    — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2024
  • The ultra-niche neologism both invites and repels my understanding.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Some of the lexicon’s most provocative moments involve recent neologisms.
    — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2020
  • Unfortunately, not all neologisms are as adorkable as, well, adorkable.
    — Mark Ellwood, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 July 2018
  • Leave it to northern Europeans to come up with a neologism to describe a complicated emotional state.
    — Lisa Abend, Time, 1 Aug. 2019
  • The segment also feels dated, strangled by the unimaginative neologism of the fraught summer that preceded it.
    — The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2021
  • The segment also feels dated, strangled by the unimaginative neologism of the fraught summer that preceded it.
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 18 June 2021
  • The Savage neologism later made news in the runup to the 2012 presidential election.
    — Kyle Peterson, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2018
  • To Walker's amusement, his book sometimes appeared in the art instruction section of bookstores, and his neologisms would pop up in discussions about the art of cartooning.
    — Ali Bahrampour, chicagotribune.com, 27 Jan. 2018
  • Unaware of any word that could describe her situation, Webster saw an opportunity for neologism.
    — Michelle Nijhuis, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2017
  • Buzzwords and neologisms have increasingly defined travel trends in recent years, and 2025 looks to be no different.
    — Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • But the word sovranismo, a neologism that entered the common political discourse in the past couple of years, denotes something more radical than nationalism.
    — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 17 July 2019
  • 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
  • Shunkaryougen — a Japanese four-kanji neologism coined by Haru herself — will be released digitally and as a 12-inch vinyl.
    — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 15 Feb. 2022
  • The neologism cannot be found in the Merriam-Webster dictionary, but the word, meaning shadow lover, is used to describe the people who flock across the globe for a chance to see the moon obscure the sun.
    — Solcyré Burga, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
  • The neologism also offered a useful means of describing and studying how the impacts of climate change reach beyond tangible, physical, and economic damages.
    — Madeline Ostrander, The Atlantic, 23 July 2022
  • Written over a period of seventeen years, the novel was composed in an idiosyncratic style that blended standard English with neologisms and puns in multiple languages.
    — Paul Slovak september 16, Literary Hub, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Allusions, dramatic asides, neologisms and flamboyant punctuation became the hallmarks of his style.
    — Thomas Curwen, sacbee, 15 May 2018
  • These neologisms have confused many a parent, grandparent, language-purists, and yes, even editors of prominent digital publications.
    — Sanaya Chandar, Quartz India, 6 Dec. 2019
  • Podcasts, newsletters, and Words of the Year have popularized neologisms, etymologies, and usage trends.
    — Stefan Fatsis, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2025

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