English / idiom
Coin a New Term
MEANING IN ENGLISH
To invent, introduce, and popularize a brand-new word or technical designation.
In context
01
The computer scientist had to coin a new term to describe this unprecedented network vulnerability.
02
Sociologists often coin new terms when cultural shifts generate completely novel social dynamics.
Synonyms
Mint a word,invent terminology,create a neologism
Antonyms
Use standard vocabulary,adopt existing words,borrow terminology
Collocations
need to coin a new term,successfully coin a new term