dittology

noun

dit·​tol·​o·​gy

-täləjē

plural -es

: a double reading or twofold interpretation (as of a biblical text)

Word History

Etymology

Greek dittologia, dissologia repetition of a word, from dittos, dissos + -logia -logy

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