echoism
[ ek-oh-iz-uhm ]
noun
Origin of echoism
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British Dictionary definitions for echoism
echoism
/ (ˈɛkəʊˌɪzəm) /
noun
onomatopoeia as a source of word formation
phonetic assimilation of one vowel to the vowel in the preceding syllable
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