repetitiveness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English repetitive Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English repetitiveness From repetitive + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The state of being repetitive.
The formulaic repetitiveness of filing and stuffing envelopes appeals to me in some fundamental life-affirming way.
2015, Paul Beatty, The Sellout, Oneworld Publications (2016), page 106:
Translations (2)
fr répétitivité (Translations) · el επαναληπτικότητα (Translations)