- pleonasm
- pleonasmis a term meaning ‘the use of more words than are necessary to give the sense’. An example in ordinary (as distinct from literary) usage is to see with one's eyes.
Modern English usage. 2014.
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Pleonasm — is the use of more words (or even word parts) than necessary to express an idea clearly. A closely related concept is rhetorical tautology, in which essentially the same thing is said more than once in different words (e.g black darkness , cold… … Wikipedia
pleonasm — PLEONÁSM, pleonasme, s.n. Eroare de exprimare constând în folosirea alăturată a unor cuvinte, construcţii, propoziţii etc. cu acelaşi înţeles. [pr.: ple o ] – Din fr. pléonasme. Trimis de oprocopiuc, 12.11.2007. Sursa: DEX 98 PLEONÁSM s. (lingv … Dicționar Român
Pleonasm — Ple o*nasm,, n. [L. pleonasmus, Gr. ?, fr. ? to be more than enough, to abound, fr.?, neut. of ?, more, compar. of ? much. See {Full}, a., and cf. {Poly }, {Plus}.] (Rhet.) Redundancy of language in speaking or writing; the use of more words than … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pleonasm — index redundancy, tautology Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
pleonasm — redundancy in words, 1580s, from L.L. pleonasmus, from Gk. pleonasmos, from pleonazein to be more than enough, from pleon more, comp. of polys much, from PIE *ple (see POLY (Cf. poly )) … Etymology dictionary
pleonasm — *verbiage, redundancy, tautology, circumlocution, periphrasis … New Dictionary of Synonyms
pleonasm — [plē′ə naz΄əm] n. [LL pleonasmus < Gr pleonasmos < pleonazein, to be in excess < pleon, neut. of pleōn, more, compar. of polys, much: see POLY ] 1. the use of more words than are necessary for the expression of an idea; redundancy (Ex.:… … English World dictionary
pleonasm — noun /ˈpliːənæzəm/ a) Redundancy in wording. My salvation is in my Saviour who saveth me hence the redundancy and pleonasm of my asseveration. b) A phrase involving pleonasm, that is, a phrase in which one or more words are redundant as their… … Wiktionary
Pleonasm — An excess in the number of parts or in the size of a growth. Pleonasm comes from a Greek word (pleonasmos) meaning exaggeration or redundancy. A pleonasm in language is also a redundancy. It is the use of more words than those necessary to denote … Medical dictionary
pleonasm — UK [ˈpliːəˌnæz(ə)m] / US [ˈplɪəˌnæzəm] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms pleonasm : singular pleonasm plural pleonasms linguistics the use of more words than are necessary to say something Derived word: pleonastic UK [ˌpliːəˈnæstɪk] / US… … English dictionary
