Associations to the word «Pleonasm»
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Wiktionary
PLEONASM, noun. (uncountable) (rhetoric) Redundancy in wording.
PLEONASM, noun. (countable) A phrase involving pleonasm, that is, a phrase in which one or more words are redundant as their meaning is expressed elsewhere in the phrase.
Dictionary definition
PLEONASM, noun. Using more words than necessary; "a tiny little child".
Wise words
Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues,
and can moderate their desires more than their words.