recursiverepetition
nounUK /rɪˈkɜːsɪv ˌrɛpɪˈtɪʃən/
US /rɪˈkɜːrsɪv ˌrɛpəˈtɪʃən/
A thing that keeps happening again and again in the same way.
The song had a recursiverepetition of the same little tune.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A pattern that repeats inside itself, like a picture of a picture.
The wallpaper showed recursiverepetition, with tiny copies of the same flower.
3. A repeated action that calls itself again, as in computer programs.
The program used recursiverepetition to count down from ten.
4. The act of saying the same words over and over.
His recursiverepetition of the question made everyone laugh.