reduplication

American  

[ri-doo-pli-key-shuhn, -dyoo-] / rɪˌdu plɪˈkeɪ ʃən, -ˌdyu- /

noun

1. the act of reduplicating; the state of being reduplicated.

2. something resulting from reduplicating.

3. Grammar.

   1. reduplicating as a grammatical pattern.

   2. the added element in a reduplicated form.

   3. a form containing a reduplicated element.

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Other Word Forms

• self-reduplication noun

Etymology

Origin of reduplication

First recorded in 1580–90, reduplication is from the Late Latin word reduplicātiōn- (stem of reduplicātiō ). See reduplicate, -ion

Example Sentences

Earlier Howe has warned: “Hereinafter microscopic reduplications of desire are pieced together through grid logic.”

From New York Times

Longhand has been in a long retreat, as other forms of technology have created opportunities to create text more quickly, more uniformly, more legibly and with greater possibilities for reduplication.

From Forbes

The proper name for word word is “contrastive focus reduplication,” but word word is leaving it in the dust and now appears in the Oxford Companion to the English Language.

From Time

Moreover, the second snake appears to be due to reduplication.

From Project Gutenberg

"Hurra for Fog!" again rose in hoarse reduplications on the air.

From Project Gutenberg