Neologism

A neologism is a new word, expression or meaning that has recently arisen in a language to designate new concepts, objects or phenomena and still retains a shade of novelty and freshness. Neologisms appear through the natural development of the language (general-linguistic) or are created by individual authors (individual-authorial, nonce words). Over time a general-linguistic neologism, having spread, loses its novelty and passes into ordinary vocabulary. In literature neologisms open new expressive possibilities, giving names to nuances of feeling and thought for which established words are lacking. Ukrainian innovative poets, notably Pavlo Tychyna and Mykola Bazhan, enriched the language with vivid word-formations. The study of neologisms belongs to neology — a section of lexicology that investigates the renewal of the lexical stock of a language.