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-cism
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English
Etymology
en iotacism.
Suffix
noun-forming suffixes
Added to names of primarily Greek letters to indicate a phonetic phenomenon relating to the corresponding phoneme:
Excessive usage of the phoneme.
A sound change towards the phoneme.
The retention of a phoneme when related varieties lose it.
A speech disorder marked by either excessive or defective use of the phoneme.
Derived terms
en
Related terms
en -tacism