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pleonasm [ˈplɪənæzəm, Am ˈpli:oʊ-] N LING

pleonasm

плеона́зм m

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In particular, pleonasm sometimes serves the same function as rhetorical repetitionit can be used to reinforce an idea, contention or question, rendering writing clearer and easier to understand. en.wikipedia.org

He'd tell you that using "laidback" and "relaxed", when either would suffice on their own, is a pleonasm. www.independent.co.uk

Many other examples of pleonasm are redundant only if the speaker's knowledge is taken into account. en.wikipedia.org

Linguists usually call this redundancy to avoid confusion with syntactic pleonasm, a more important phenomenon for theoretical linguistics. en.wikipedia.org

A more general classification of redundancy is pleonasm, which can be any unnecessary words (or even word parts). en.wikipedia.org

The term pleonasm is most often, however, employed as synonymous with tautology. en.wikipedia.org

See also tautology (rhetoric) and pleonasm. en.wikipedia.org

On the other hand, as is the case with any literary or rhetorical effect, excessive use of pleonasm weakens writing and speech; superfluous words distract from the content. en.wikipedia.org

The members of a student fraternity can be called frat(ernity) boys, technically preferable to the pleonasm frat-bro(ther), and remain so for life as adults, after graduation. en.wikipedia.org

Words like prolix, strobile, banausic and pleonasm. www.radiotimes.com

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