reduplication
/rɪˌduːplɪˈkeɪʃən/
noun
- The act or process of repeating or copying something exactly; duplication.
- The reduplication of the experiment confirmed the initial findings.
- The reduplication of the data ensured that no information was lost.
- The artist's work was a simple reduplication of earlier styles, lacking originality.
- In linguistics, the formation of a word or part of a word by repeating a syllable or sound (e.g., 'tick-tock' or 'no-no').
- Some languages use reduplication to show that an action is done repeatedly.
- The word 'goody-goody' is an example of reduplication in English.
- Reduplication is common in baby talk, like 'choo-choo' for train.
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