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- [ek-oh-iz-uh m]
- /ˈɛk oʊˌɪz əm/
- /ˈɛkəʊɪz(ə)m /
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- [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
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pronoun
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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
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms 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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