pleonasm

pleonasm
noun /ˈpliːənæzəm/
a) Redundancy in wording.

My salvation is in my Saviour who saveth me hence the redundancy and pleonasm of my asseveration.

b) 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.

pleonasm is the additional and extra use of added, spare, unnecessary, redundant (superfluous or surplus), unneeded, and uncalled-for words in addition to, and on top of, what is necessary or essential. Or required. Or obligatory or vital or requisite or crucial. Or needed?

See Also: pleonastic

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  • Pleonasm — is the use of more words (or even word parts) than necessary to express an idea clearly. A closely related concept is rhetorical tautology, in which essentially the same thing is said more than once in different words (e.g black darkness , cold… …   Wikipedia

  • pleonasm — PLEONÁSM, pleonasme, s.n. Eroare de exprimare constând în folosirea alăturată a unor cuvinte, construcţii, propoziţii etc. cu acelaşi înţeles. [pr.: ple o ] – Din fr. pléonasme. Trimis de oprocopiuc, 12.11.2007. Sursa: DEX 98  PLEONÁSM s. (lingv …   Dicționar Român

  • Pleonasm — Ple o*nasm,, n. [L. pleonasmus, Gr. ?, fr. ? to be more than enough, to abound, fr.?, neut. of ?, more, compar. of ? much. See {Full}, a., and cf. {Poly }, {Plus}.] (Rhet.) Redundancy of language in speaking or writing; the use of more words than …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pleonasm — index redundancy, tautology Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • pleonasm — redundancy in words, 1580s, from L.L. pleonasmus, from Gk. pleonasmos, from pleonazein to be more than enough, from pleon more, comp. of polys much, from PIE *ple (see POLY (Cf. poly )) …   Etymology dictionary

  • pleonasm — *verbiage, redundancy, tautology, circumlocution, periphrasis …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • pleonasm — is a term meaning ‘the use of more words than are necessary to give the sense’. An example in ordinary (as distinct from literary) usage is to see with one s eyes …   Modern English usage

  • pleonasm — [plē′ə naz΄əm] n. [LL pleonasmus < Gr pleonasmos < pleonazein, to be in excess < pleon, neut. of pleōn, more, compar. of polys, much: see POLY ] 1. the use of more words than are necessary for the expression of an idea; redundancy (Ex.:… …   English World dictionary

  • Pleonasm — An excess in the number of parts or in the size of a growth. Pleonasm comes from a Greek word (pleonasmos) meaning exaggeration or redundancy. A pleonasm in language is also a redundancy. It is the use of more words than those necessary to denote …   Medical dictionary

  • pleonasm — UK [ˈpliːəˌnæz(ə)m] / US [ˈplɪəˌnæzəm] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms pleonasm : singular pleonasm plural pleonasms linguistics the use of more words than are necessary to say something Derived word: pleonastic UK [ˌpliːəˈnæstɪk] / US… …   English dictionary

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