onomatopoeia
Example Sentences
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Reading his writing can be kind of like taking a psychedelic — a literary onomatopoeia.
From Washington Post
The bullet is a grim onomatopoeia for itself.
From New York Times
But this study adds to a growing pile of evidence that iconicity in speech isn’t limited to just the rare case of onomatopoeia, like “meow.”
From Science Magazine
In a kind of alchemical voodoo, Vollon has pushed — you almost want to say smeared — the illusionism we associate with great art into new territory, like a visual version of onomatopoeia.
From Washington Post
For me, it was the second coolest use of “onomatopoeia” after learning how to say “onomatopoeia.”
From New York Times
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