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n. - A lexicographer of new words and expressions.

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  • Proclaiming himself a "neologist" (one who invents new words, new concepts, new forms), from Ehrenberg's point of view art empowers the viewer into a dialogue about...
  • Ehrenberg, the catalogue to his show notes, "calls himself a neologist: a cultural activist who dents culture."
  • To officially describe an entire nation as “pigs” reveals the character of the neologist as well as that of the user.
  • Their word-smithing skills are particularly important when they are playing neologist -- coining new words or nomenclature.
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