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REPETITIVENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Verboseness resulting from excessive repetitions
Synonyms:
repetitiousness; repetitiveness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("repetitiveness" is a kind of...):
verboseness; verbosity (an expressive style that uses excessive or empty words)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "repetitiveness"):
redundancy (repetition of messages to reduce the probability of errors in transmission)
tautology (useless repetition)
Derivation:
repetitive (repetitive and persistent)
repetitive (characterized by repetition)
