Definitions For Protologism
Noun
PROTOLOGISM (plural PROTOLOGISMs) (neologism) 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.Usage notes
The word is absent from online English dictionaries except in Macmillan. It is approximately 750 times less common than the word neologism.{{R:GNV, (protologism*750),neologism}}Synonyms
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neologismTranslations
Chinese: : Mandarin: 首造詞 (shǒuzàocí) Esperanto: protologismo Finnish: protologismi French: protologisme, m German: Protologismus, m Greek: πρωτολογισμός, m, sc=Grek Korean: 급조어 Polish: protologizm, m Portuguese: protologismo, m Romanian: protologism, n Russian: протологи́зм, m Serbo-Croatian: protologizam, m Spanish: protologismo, m Swedish: protologism, cEtymology
{{coinage + en + mikhail epstein + nobycat=1}} in 2003, from πρῶτος + t1=first + lang1=grc + λόγος + t2=word + lang2=grc, by analogy with {{m + en + prototype}} and {{m + en + neologism}}. {{cite-web {{cite-webIs Protologism a Scrabble Word?
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Points in Different Games
Scrabble
16
Words with Friends
20
The word Protologism is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends