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sound symbolism

Syllabification: (sound sym·bol·ism)
Definition of sound symbolism

noun

  • the partial representation of the sense of a word by its sound, as in bang, fizz, and slide. See also onomatopoeia.

sound symbolism in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of sound symbolism in the British & World English dictionary