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reiteration
[ ree-it-uh-rey-shuhn ]
noun
- the act of saying or doing something again, or over and over; excessive repetition:
He says this line four or five times throughout the movie, each reiteration earning fewer laughs than the last.
Word History and Origins
Origin of reiteration1
Example Sentences
Reiteration of his ridiculed remarks appears to be a matter of principle of this GOP hopeful.
Even her violent outburst of temper had not stilled the insistent voice which in reiteration never wearied.
Moreover their reiteration evidences their futility in attaining the objects they had in view.
This reiteration of the same final word, for the sake of emphasis, is found in Shakespeare.
A trill, or rapid reiteration of two notes comprehending an interval not greater than one whole tone, nor less than a semitone.
The constant repetition of formulas and reiteration of the same ideas that occur throughout the Koran show this.
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