reduplication

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reduplication (enc)

Noun	1.	reduplication - repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next anadiplosis repetition - the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device
	2.	reduplication - the syllable added in a reduplicated word form syllable - a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme; "the word `pocket' has two syllables"
	3.	reduplication - a word formed by or containing a repeated syllable or speech sound (usually at the beginning of the word) word - a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning"
	4.	reduplication - the act of repeating over and again (or an instance thereof) reiteration repeating, repetition - the act of doing or performing again

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