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imitative harmony

imitative harmony noun: onomatopoeia.

Noun

imitative harmony (plural imitative harmonies)

  1. Onomatopoeia.
    • Primitive languages being founded on the direct imitation of natural sounds, necessarily abound in imitative harmony.1869, J. G. Hincks, “The Process of Derivation of the Spanish Language from the Latin”, in Anthropological Review, volume 7, number 25, page 158
    • The chapter on "Sound" discussed completely and interestingly what is often called by the rather barbarous name onomatopoeia and for which I prefer imitative harmony.1966, H. A. Grubbs, “Review: Stange Clamor, A Guide to the Critical Reading of French Poetry by Frederick O. Musser”, in The Modern Language Journal, volume 50, number 3, page 170

Forms of imitative harmony

pluralimitative harmonies

Questions about imitative harmony

What does imitative harmony mean?
Imitative harmony means onomatopoeia.
What part of speech is imitative harmony?
Imitative harmony is a noun.
What is the plural of imitative harmony?
The plural of imitative harmony is imitative harmonies.

Words near imitative harmony in the dictionary

  1. imitationist
  2. imitationists
  3. imitations
  4. imitative
  5. imitative harmonies
  6. imitative harmony
  7. imitative magic
  8. imitatively
  9. imitativeness
  10. imitativity
  11. imitator

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