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For those who seek to reform U.S. foreign policy, the best path may be to send Rhodes’s neologism into retirement.
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Emma Ashford, Foreign Affairs, 29 May 2020
During the next coffee break, Crutzen’s neologism was the main topic of conversation.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2024
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
To this end, the new generation of morticians (another neologism meant to conjure expertise) bought up shambling Victorian mansions in swish residential districts and invented a new form of comfort.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
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Emma Ashford, Foreign Affairs, 29 May 2020
During the next coffee break, Crutzen’s neologism was the main topic of conversation.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2024
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
To this end, the new generation of morticians (another neologism meant to conjure expertise) bought up shambling Victorian mansions in swish residential districts and invented a new form of comfort.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
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“Neologism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neologism. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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