Battology
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /baˈtɒl.ə.dʒi/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Battology is a noun meaning Continual unnecessary reiteration of the same words, phrases, or ideas.
Meaning
Continual unnecessary reiteration of the same words, phrases, or ideas.
Example Sentences
Logomachy, battology, jingling of words, are all these fine speeches!
For Watt's sense of chronology was strong, in a way, and his dislike of battology was very strong.
This sonorous balance of phrase and epithet cannot always escape what Milton himself calls "the heathenish battology of multiplying words."
“Battology” means pointlessly repeating the same thing over and over again. “Battology” means pointlessly repeating the same thing over and over again.
Word Forms
- battologies
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bivoltinism, tautonym, biologese, biotremology, repeatome, bugdom.
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