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palilogy

American

[puh-lil-uh-jee] / pəˈlɪl ə dʒi /

Or palillogy

noun

Rhetoric.

the technique of repeating a word or phrase for emphasis.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

palilogies

plural

Etymology

Origin of palilogy

1650–60; < Greek palillogía recapitulation, equivalent to pálin again, back + -logía -logy

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