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“onomatopoiesis”
onomatopoiesis
1. The making of a name or word, especially to express or imitate a natural sound; such as, hiss, crash, boom.
2. In psychiatry, the tendency to make new words of this type is said to characterize some people with schizophrenia.
2. In psychiatry, the tendency to make new words of this type is said to characterize some people with schizophrenia.
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onomato-, onoma-, onomo-, onom-, ono-
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-poeia, -poie, -peia, -poiesis, -poesis, -poeic, -poetic, -poietic, -poetical, -poietical +
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