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pleonasm

[plee-uh-naz-uhm] / ˈpli əˌnæz əm /


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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

They plainly declare that the "New Criticis" rests on "utterly baseless foundations"—which is a curious pleonasm or tautology for a body of "educated" gentlemen.

From Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) by Foote, G. W. (George William)

To lean is a neuter verb, and 'seizing on' is not properly to be called a pleonasm, merely because it is—nothing at all.

From International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 6, August 5, 1850 by Various

To say, that I keep it alone, separate from the rest, is a pleonasm which scarcely any nicety declines.

From Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies by Johnson, Samuel




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