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

There was a certain pleonasm about this phrasing that revealed the hand of the chairman: the simple statement must be reinforced both for legal security and for rhetorical effect.

From Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics by Johnson, Allen

Our attention is called to its "unique transcendence"—which is a penny-a-lining pleonasm.

From The Book Of God In The Light Of The Higher Criticism by Foote, G. W. (George William)

It is true that one sickens at hearing her talk; she pulls Vaugelas to pieces, and the least defects of her gross intellect are either pleonasm or cacophony.

From The Learned Women by Wall, Charles Heron