echoism: onomatopoeia

echoism

noun

The formation of words in imitation of sounds: onomatopoeia.
n. - 擬聲, 形聲

onomatopoeia

(ŏn'ə-măt'ə-pē'ə, -mä'tə-)

The formation or use of words such as buzz or murmur that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.

[Late Latin, from Greek onomatopoiiā, from onomatopoios, coiner of names : onoma, onomat-, name + poiein, to make.]

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