Neologism

Japanese: neologism
Neologism

…Also called neologism, it is the compounding of words or parts of words to create new words. These are words that are of personal origin, i.e. have a private meaning or sound, and do not conform to the norms of everyday language use.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "neologism" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…〈造語症neologism〉ともいわれ,語あるいは語の一部を合成して新しい語をつくること。これは個人的につくられた,すなわち私的な意味または音声をもった言葉であり,日常的な言語使用の規範からはずれている。…

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