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pa⋅lil⋅o⋅gy

[puh-lil-uh-jee]
–noun, plural -gies. Rhetoric.
the technique of repeating a word or phrase for emphasis.
Also, pa⋅lil⋅lo⋅gy.


Origin:
1650–60; < Gk palillogía recapitulation, equiv. to pálin again, back + -logía -logy
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