palilogy

Or pa·lil·lo·gy

[puh-lil-uh-jee]

noun

Rhetoric.

plural

palilogies 

1. the technique of repeating a word or phrase for emphasis.

Word History and Origins

Origin of palilogy¹

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