The action or process of forming a word or words; an instance of this.

figurative. Deliberate invention, fabrication.

figurative. The (deliberate) formation of a new word, etc.; the fabrication of something specious.

Originally: modernity, novelty, innovation (esp. in language). Later also: the use of new words or phrases, neologism; an instance of this.

The coining or use of new words or phrases.

The coining or use of new words or phrases; = neologism, n. 1b.

The coining of new words or phrases.

= neologism, n. 1a.

The action of mint, v.2 (in various senses).

The coining of new words or phrases; = neologism, n. 1b.