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echoism

ech·o·ism
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ek-oh-iz-uh m]
    • /ˈɛk oʊˌɪz əm/
    • /ˈɛkəʊɪz(ə)m /
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ek-oh-iz-uh m]
    • /ˈɛk oʊˌɪz əm/

Definitions of echoism word

  • noun echoism onomatopoeia. 1
  • noun echoism The practice of creating words or language by imitating sounds from the environment. 1
  • noun echoism onomatopoeia as a source of word formation 0
  • noun echoism phonetic assimilation of one vowel to the vowel in the preceding syllable 0

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Origin of echoism

First appearance:

before 1875
One of the 25% newest English words
First recorded in 1875-80; echo + -ism

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Parts of speech for Echoism

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

echoism popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 71% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

echoism usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for echoism

noun echoism

  • allegory — An allegory is a story, poem, or painting in which the characters and events are symbols of something else. Allegories are often moral, religious, or political.
  • allusion — An allusion is an indirect reference to someone or something.
  • analogy — If you make or draw an analogy between two things, you show that they are similar in some way.
  • anticlimax — You can describe something as an anticlimax if it disappoints you because it happens after something that was very exciting, or because it is not as exciting as you expected.
  • antithesis — The antithesis of something is its exact opposite.

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