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pleonasm
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Redundancy or pleonasm is the use of more words than are necessary to express the thought clearly.
The preceding examples illustrate an apparent paradox, viz., the fact of pleonasm and ellipsis being closely allied.
Accompany her among her female friends and female enemies (if that is no pleonasm), and look at her!
We have spoken of "true worship;" the expression is a pleonasm.
The pleonasm is explained by the divergence of French and ME.
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On this page you'll find 27 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pleonasm, such as: circumlocution, copiousness, diffuseness, diffusion, garrulity, and logorrhea.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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