Neologizations

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The act or process of creating new words or expressions in a language
2. the introduction of terms that may not yet be widely accepted in standard usage
3. a linguistic phenomenon where innovative vocabulary emerges to express contemporary ideas or concepts

Etymology: "Neologizations" is simply the plural of "neologization," the act or process of coining new words or expressions. The noun is built in two steps: "neologize," a verb meaning to coin new words, is combined with the suffix "-ation," which turns a verb into a noun naming an action or process, as in "creation" from "create." The verb itself is formed from "neologism," a word for a newly coined term, so the whole chain rests on the Greek roots "neo," meaning new, and "logos," meaning word or speech. The plural form has a small grammatical twist worth noting: a process noun ending in "-ation" is normally uncountable, so the plural appears mainly when writers refer to several distinct instances of word-coining, such as the separate waves of new terms that appeared in a given period or field.

Synonyms: coinages, new terms, innovations