repetition (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 10
def the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device
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Hypernym rhetorical device
Derivationally related form repetition → repetitious
Hyponym anadiplosis, reduplication; epanalepsis; epanodos; epiphora, epistrophe; gemination; ploce; polyptoton; epanaphora, anaphora; anaphora; symploce
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Derivationally related form repetitious → repetition
Hyponym rhetorical device
Hypernym anadiplosis, reduplication; epanalepsis; epanodos; epiphora, epistrophe; gemination; ploce; polyptoton; epanaphora, anaphora; anaphora; symploce

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