Main Entry: re·du·pli·ca·tion

Pronunciation: \ri-ˌdü-pli-ˈkā-shən, ˌrē-, -ˈdyü-\

Function: noun

Date: 1555

1 : an act or instance of doubling or reiterating
2 a : an often grammatically functional repetition of a radical element or a part of it occurring usually at the beginning of a word and often accompanied by change of the radical vowel b (1) : a word or form produced by reduplication (2) : the repeated element in such a word or form
3 : anadiplosis

— re·du·pli·ca·tive \ri-ˈdü-pli-ˌkā-tiv, ˈrē-, -ˈdyü-\ adjective

— re·du·pli·ca·tive·ly adverb