polysyllables

noun

plural of polysyllable
as in neologisms

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  1. neologisms
  2. coinages
  3. colloquialisms
  4. euphemisms
  5. modernisms
Noun
  • Onstage interpreters at the WOTY vote are quick to translate neologisms in real time, but there’s no one-to-one equivalent between a word and a sign.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • These neologisms weren’t just clever.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025
Definition of neologisms
Noun
  • The author, a professor named Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, proved to have a knack not just for provocative legal essays but for coinages, too.
    — Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • There were a few coinages in the script, but 90 percent of the language is real.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025
Definition of coinages
Noun
  • While Niles’ lack of dialogue and his comedic chops can translate well and lead to worldwide exposure, a character whose appeal depends on English-language jokes and colloquialisms is harder to export.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Definition of colloquialisms
Noun
  • Sam Roberts, a longtime obituarist for the New York Times, wants to banish the euphemisms that attend death.
    — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Tshabalala’s bluntness about the economic cost is the rare honest signal here; business will not be pacified by euphemisms.
    — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of euphemisms
Noun
  • The plot, though streamlined, is accented with some verbal modernisms in keeping with that reclining easy chair, as if slipped in to keep things askew.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Art history as a discipline favors upstarts, the avant-garde, protest, outsiders, and transgression—all those timeless modernisms.
    — Anna Kornbluh, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of modernisms
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“Polysyllables.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polysyllables. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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