protologism

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

neologism

Translations

protologisme

Protologismus

πρωτολογισμός

protologismo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɹəʊˈtɒləˌdʒɪzm/

Etymology

Coined by Mikhail Epstein in 2003, from Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”) + Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos, “word”) + -ism, by analogy with prototype and neologism.