phonetism
/ˈfəʊnətɪz(ə)m/noun
Phonetic representation; reduction to a phonetic system of writing or spelling.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in The Ladies' Repository. From phonet- + -ism. Compare French phonétisme phonetic properties.
- stepbrother
- step by step
- step change
- stepchild
- step-cut
- stepdad
- stepdaughter
- step down
- stepfamily
- stepfather
- Stepford
- lower orders
- lower (or raise or lift) the bar
- lower plants
- lower-ranking
- lower regions
- Lower Saxony
- lower school
- lower second
- lower sixth
- lower the boom on
- lower the tone
- lower working class
- lower world
- lowest common denominator