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echoisms

echoisms is the plural of echoism.

Meaning of echoism

Noun

echoism (countable and uncountable, plural echoisms)

  1. The practice of creating words or language by imitating sounds from the environment.
    • One possibility is that language developed from echoism, i.e. from attempts of early humans to imitate natural sounds and react vocally to emotions.1999, Marcel Danesi, Paul Perron, Analyzing Cultures: An Introduction and Handbook, page 139

Questions about echoisms

What is echoisms the plural of?
Echoisms is the plural of echoism.

Words near echoisms in the dictionary

  1. echoise
  2. echoised
  3. echoises
  4. echoising
  5. echoism
  6. echoisms
  7. echoist
  8. echoistic
  9. echoists
  10. echoize
  11. echoized

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