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Sound symbolism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    phonetic symbolism uncountable
  2. 2
    composed of one or more speech sounds that are associated with the meanings they convey, either intrinsically or by a recurring phono-semantic association; speech sound that is neither arbitrary with respect to meaning nor an onomatopoeia that imitates a real sound uncountable
  3. 3
    composed of one or more speech sounds that are associated with the meanings they convey, either intrinsically or by a recurring phono-semantic association; the property of such a sound or sequence of sounds uncountable

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