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reduplication

[ri-doo-pli-key-shuhn, -dyoo-] / rɪˌdu plɪˈkeɪ ʃən, -ˌdyu- /

NOUN

copy

Synonyms

STRONG

Photostat Xerox archetype carbon cast clone counterfeit counterpart ditto duplicate effigy ersatz facsimile forgery image impersonation impression imprint likeness microfiche mimeograph miniature mirror model offprint parallel pattern photocopy photograph portrait print reflection replica replication representation reprint reproduction rubbings similarity simulacrum simulation study tracing transcript transcription type

WEAK

carbon copy ectype hard copy

Antonyms

STRONG

difference dissimilarity entity opposite original unlikeness

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Reduplication is responsible for pickaback, earlier pickpack, from pack, bundle.

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest

Reduplication for various purposes is found in most of the languages of North America.

From First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1879-1880, Government Printing Office 1881 by Various

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