Sometimes repetition is necessary to drive a point home.
Children's songs involve lots of repetition.
I quit my job at the factory because I hated the mindless repetition.
Recent Examples on the WebPop music—the mesmeric choruses, the repetition, the propulsive beats—is mantra-like by design.—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 3 May 2024 Though endless repetition, Trump has created, even among reasonable people, a rock-solid belief that immigration is a crisis, and that dangerous people are crossing unchecked.—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for repetition
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English repeticion, from Middle French, from Latin repetition-, repetitio, from repetere to repeat
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