1. the use of the voice in singing or speaking
Usage: music
2. a vocal sound or the system of vowels in a language
Usage: linguistics

Examples

• The opera singer’s vocalism was praised by critics worldwide.
• Her years of training improved her vocalism significantly.
• The choir director focused on proper vocalism techniques.
• Linguists study the vocalism of different language families.
• The vocalism in this dialect differs from standard pronunciation.
• Ancient Hebrew vocalism was not originally written down.