Neologisms of Stanisław Lem

Neologisms constitute a notable part of the writing style of Stanisław Lem, a Polish science fiction author and essayist.

Lem says that in building his neologisms, particularly of grotesque character, he uses the peculiarities of the Polish language. This presents difficulties to translators into non-Slavic languages, and critics often accused Lem of abusiveness in his creation of new words. Lem said that neologisms come up to him naturally in the course of writing only when they are necessary and that he is incapable of inventing one outside a context.