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echoism

[ ek-oh-iz-uh m ]
/ ˈɛk oʊˌɪz əm /
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noun

onomatopoeia.

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allegory, allusion, analogy, anticlimax, antithesis, bathos, comparison, conceit, device, euphemism, euphuism, exaggeration, expression, flourish, flower, hyperbole, image, imagery, irony, metaphor

Nearby words

echogram, echograph, echography, echoic, echoic memory, echoism, echolalia, echolocation, echomimia, echomotism, echopathy

Origin of echoism

First recorded in 1875–80; echo + -ism
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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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