repetitiousness

noun

as in repetition

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  1. repetition
  2. repetitiveness
  3. reiteration
Noun
  • His 45- to 60-minute workouts combine high-repetition weight training with hundreds of core exercises designed to maintain strength, mobility and muscle tone while avoiding unnecessary bulk.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 15 July 2026
  • The scene comes right after Odysseus’ encounter with the Cyclops, another enormous man-eating creature, and Nolan wanted to avoid the repetition.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 July 2026
Definition of repetition
Noun
  • The repetitiveness of the plot is not helped by the many montages writer-director Yandy Laurens uses as shortcuts, instead of writing scenes that show how the central relationship is developing.
    — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 15 Dec. 2025
Definition of repetitiveness
Noun
  • Each reiteration and exaggeration of Mary’s bad behavior is another civic stroke of the chisel that perfects the monumental Lincoln in our collective imagination.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 May 2026
  • Each reiteration and exaggeration of Mary’s bad behavior is another civic stroke of the chisel that perfects the monumental Lincoln in our collective imagination.
    — Thomas Mallon, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
Definition of reiteration
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