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A newly coined word or phrase defined in the hope that it will become common; a recently created term possibly in narrow use but not yet acknowledged.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: neologism
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Coined by Mikhail Epstein in 2003, from Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”) + Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos, “word”) + -ism, by analogy with prototype and neologism.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
протологи́зъм
(protologízǎm)
— a newly coined word or phrase defined in the hope that it will become common
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Chinese Mandarin:
首造詞 /首造词
(shǒuzàocí)
— a newly coined word or phrase defined in the hope that it will become common
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Esperanto:
protologismo
— a newly coined word or phrase defined in the hope that it will become common
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Finnish:
protologismi
— a newly coined word or phrase defined in the hope that it will become common
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French:
protologisme
— a newly coined word or phrase defined in the hope that it will become common
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German:
Protologismus
— a newly coined word or phrase defined in the hope that it will become common
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Greek:
πρωτολογισμός
(protologismós)
— a newly coined word or phrase defined in the hope that it will become common
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Korean:
급조어
(geupjo'eo)
— a newly coined word or phrase defined in the hope that it will become common
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Polish:
protologizm
— a newly coined word or phrase defined in the hope that it will become common
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Portuguese:
protologismo
— a newly coined word or phrase defined in the hope that it will become common
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Romanian:
protologism
— a newly coined word or phrase defined in the hope that it will become common
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Russian:
протологи́зм
(protologízm)
— a newly coined word or phrase defined in the hope that it will become common
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Serbo-Croatian:
protologizam
— a newly coined word or phrase defined in the hope that it will become common
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Spanish:
protologismo
— a newly coined word or phrase defined in the hope that it will become common
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Swedish:
protologism
— a newly coined word or phrase defined in the hope that it will become common
