Pleonasm

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The use of more words than are required to express an idea; redundancy.
  • noun. An instance of pleonasm.
  • noun. A superfluous word or phrase.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Redundancy of language; the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea.
  • noun. A redundant phrase or expression; an instance of redundancy of language.
  • noun. In medicine, excess in number or size.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Redundancy of language in speaking or writing; the use of more words than are necessary to express the idea.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Redundancy in wording.
  • noun. 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.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. using more words than necessary
    • Word Usage
    "The term pleonasm is a bit different, as it focuses on the concept of superfluity rather than repetition - words that are unnecessary."
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    English pleonastic compounds  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    verboseness  verbosity  
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    amourist  bombast  buncombe  circumlocution  cloudland  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    diffuseness  redundancy  superfluity  tautology  verbosity  
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