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
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.