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

These are instances of pleonasm in the strictest sense of the term.

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

It will be seen, by reference to the exemplifications of the dialect, that occasional pleonasm will be found in it, as well as, very often, extraordinary contraction.

From The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire by Jennings, James

Redundancy or pleonasm is the use of more words than are necessary to express the thought clearly.

From The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. by Osmun, Thomas Embly