Pleonasm

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The use of more words than are required to express an idea; redundancy.
  • n. An instance of pleonasm.
  • n. A superfluous word or phrase.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Redundancy in wording.
  • n. A phrase involving pleonasm, that is, a phrase in which one or more words are redundant as their meaning is expressed elsewhere in the phrase.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Redundancy of language in speaking or writing; the use of more words than are necessary to express the idea.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Redundancy of language; the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea.
  • n. A redundant phrase or expression; an instance of redundancy of language.
  • n. In medicine, excess in number or size.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. using more words than necessary
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    verboseness    verbosity   
    Cross Reference
    English pleonastic compounds   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    superfluity    redundancy    verbosity    tautology    diffuseness   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    tortuosity    euphonic    gramarye    reusability    indirectness   
     
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