haplology

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English

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Alternative forms

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  • haplogy (itself a haplology of haplology)

Etymology

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From haplo- +‎ -logy.

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Noun

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haplology (countable and uncountable, plural haplologies)

  1. (phonology, uncountable) The process of deleting one of two almost identical syllables within a word.
  2. (phonology, countable) An instance of deleting one of two almost identical syllables within a word.

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