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palilogia

palilogia noun: deliberate repetition of a word or a phrase for the sake of emphasis.

Noun

palilogia

  1. (rhetoric) Deliberate repetition of a word or a phrase for the sake of emphasis.
    • First, there is palilogia, which is an idiosyncrasy of certain rhetoricians and public speakers who deliberately repeat a word or phrase or sentence for the sake of emphasis.1970, Macdonald Critchley, Aphasiology and other aspects of language

Questions about palilogia

What does palilogia mean?
Palilogia means deliberate repetition of a word or a phrase for the sake of emphasis.
What part of speech is palilogia?
Palilogia is a noun.

Words near palilogia in the dictionary

  1. Palilia
  2. Palilicium
  3. palillogia
  4. palillogies
  5. palillogy
  6. palilogia
  7. palilogies
  8. palilogy
  9. palimbacchic
  10. palimbacchii
  11. palimbacchius

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