Template:Neologism

This article may document a neologism or protologism in such a manner as to promote it. Please add more reliable sources to establish its current use and the impact the term has had on its field. Otherwise consider renaming or deleting the article. (April 2026) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

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{{Neologism|date=April 2026}} for entire articles
{{Neologism|section|date=April 2026}} for sections

Use this template as an in-line text marker to flag an article as possibly promoting a neologism or protologism.

As associated template, {{Neologism inline}} may be used to flag a specific term as a possible neologism.

This template will add the article to Category:Articles about possible neologisms, or a dated subcategory thereof.

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