General repetition:
* Repetition: This is the most general term and can be used for any instance of repeating a word or phrase.
* Redundancy: This implies that the repetition is unnecessary and adds no new information.
Literary devices:
* Anaphora: Repeating a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences.
* Epizeuxis: Repeating a word or phrase immediately, often for emphasis.
* Diacope: Repeating a word or phrase with one or two words in between.
* Polyptoton: Repeating a word with a different grammatical function, like using "love" and "lovely" in the same sentence.
* Alliteration: Repeating the same consonant sound at the beginning of words close together.
* Assonance: Repeating the same vowel sound in words close together.
Psychological terms:
* Palilalia: A speech disorder where a person repeats words or syllables involuntarily.
* Echolalia: Repeating what someone else has said.
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