pleonasm in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for pleonasm in the English»Italian Dictionary

pleonasm [Brit ˈpliːə(ʊ)ˌnaz(ə)m, Am ˈpliəˌnæzəm] N

pleonasm

pleonasmo m

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See also tautology (rhetoric) and pleonasm.

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Words like prolix, strobile, banausic and pleonasm.

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Sometimes editors and grammatical stylists will use pleonasm to describe simple wordiness.

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

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

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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.

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

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

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Paradoxically, while minimalism is the norm in writing, in speech there is unnecessary addition and pleonasm.

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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.

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