Pleonasm
Noun | /pleonasm/
The use of more words or expressions than necessary, especially when they repeat an idea already conveyed.
Pleonasm
Noun | /pleonasm/
Advanced WordsVERY HARDThe use of more words or expressions than necessary, especially when they repeat an idea already conveyed.
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"Calling the event a “new innovation” is a pleonasm because innovation already implies something new. Means: “New innovation” repeats an idea unnecessarily because an innovation is already new."
"The editor removed a pleonasm to make the sentence more concise. Means: The editor deleted an unnecessary repetition to shorten and clarify the sentence."
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A pleonasm piles extra words onto a meaning that is already complete.
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