noun
psychomime; ideophone for mental state or sensation
Linguistics term for mimetic words that express psychological states or sensations, such as 苛々 (irritated), やきもき (worried), びくびく (nervous), ひやひや (anxious).
「擬情語」は、心の状態を表すオノマトペを指す言語学の用語です。
"Psychomime" is a linguistic term for onomatopoeia that expresses mental states.
擬態語 (gitaigo) describes states or conditions of non-auditory phenomena, often overlapping with 擬情語, but 擬情語 specifically focuses on mental or emotional states.
Compound of 擬 (gi, 'imitate') + 情 (jō, 'emotion') + 語 (go, 'word'). A modern linguistic coinage for psychomimes.