reduplication

noun

re·du·pli·ca·tion | \ ri-ˌdü-pli-ˈkā-shən

, ˌrē-, -ˈdyü-\

Definition of reduplication

1 : an act or instance of doubling or reiterating

2a : an often grammatically functional repetition of a radical element or a part of it occurring usually at the beginning of a word and often accompanied by change of the radical vowel

b(1) : a word or form produced by reduplication

(2) : the repeated element in such a word or form

3 : anadiplosis

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that old-looking colonial mansion is actually a 20th-century reduplication of the original, which was destroyed many years ago ever since I was forced to do a reduplication of a day's work, I've been more conscientious about hitting my computer's “save” button

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The collection, dubbed with another fun reduplication, Bon Bon, was inspired by the packaging for the Apple AirPods. — Leilani Marie Labong, SFChronicle.com, "How one SF artist is betting big on the Bayview district," 26 June 2018

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reduplication

noun

re·du·pli·ca·tion | \ ri-ˌd(y)ü-pli-ˈkā-shən, ˌrē-

Medical Definition of reduplication

: an act or instance of doubling reduplication of the chromosomes

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