pleonasm

Example Sentences

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Note he won’t shout loudly – that’s known as a pleonasm, when more words than necessary are used.

From The Guardian • Apr. 29, 2019

The phrase 'think for one's self' is a pleonasm.

From Time Magazine Archive

What is pleonasm in a single sentence is ellipsis in a double one.

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

All religion is revealed;— revealed religion is, in my judgment, a mere pleonasm.

From Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Coleridge, Henry Nelson

It is a pleonasm to inscribe on any order for distinguished service; for every order ought to be for distinguished service.

From The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer: the Wisdom of Life by Saunders, T. Bailey (Thomas Bailey)