reduplication UK /ɹɪ.djuː.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/US /ɹəˌd(j)u.pləˈkeɪ.ʃən/ noun2 •The act of, or an instance of, reduplicating.Her Malay was the Malay of the Staate of Lanchap [...] and she spoke it fierily, with crisp glottal checks, with much bubbling reduplication. — 1958 •The folding or doubling of a part or organ. formsreduplications