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pleonasm
ple·o·nasm P0372000 (plē′ə-năz′əm)n.1. a. The use of more words than are required to express an idea; redundancy.b. An instance of pleonasm.2. A superfluous word or phrase.
[Late Latin pleonasmus, from Greek pleonasmos, from pleonazein, to be excessive, from pleōn, more; see pelə- in Indo-European roots.]
ple′o·nas′tic (-năs′tĭk) adj.ple′o·nas′ti·cal·ly adv.pleonasm (ˈpliːəˌnæzəm) n1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) the use of more words than necessary or an instance of this, such as a tiny little child2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a word or phrase that is superfluous[C16: from Latin pleonasmus, from Greek pleonasmos excess, from pleonazein to be redundant] ˌpleoˈnastic, ˌpleoˈnastical adj ˌpleoˈnastically advple•o•nasm (ˈpli əˌnæz əm)
n. 1. the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy. 2. an instance of this, as free gift. [1580–90; < Late Latin pleonasmus < Greek pleonasmós redundancy, surplus, derivative of pleonázein to be more than enough, derivative of pleíōn more] ple`o•nas′tic, adj. ple`o•nas′ti•cal•ly, adv. pleonasm1. the use of unnecessary words to express an idea; redundancy.
2. an instance of this, as true fact.
3. a redundant word or expression. — pleonastic, adj.See also: Rhetoric and Rhetorical Devices
1. the use of unnecessary words to express an idea; redundancy.
2. an instance of this, as true fact.
3. a redundant word or expression. — pleonastic, adj.See also: LanguagepleonasmA superfluous word or phrase, or the use of more words than necessary.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | pleonasm - using more words than necessary; "a tiny little child"verboseness, verbosity - an expressive style that uses excessive or empty words |
pleonasmnounWords or the use of words in excess of those needed for clarity or precision:diffuseness, diffusion, long-windedness, prolixity, redundancy, verbiage, verboseness, verbosity, windiness, wordage, wordiness.Translations
pleonasm
pleonasm Rhetoric1. the use of more words than necessary or an instance of this, such as a tiny little child 2. a word or phrase that is superfluous Pleonasm the use of words that are necessary neither for completeness of meaning nor, usually, for stylistic expressiveness. Although pleonasm is classified as a figure of speech, it is regarded as an extreme that borders on being a stylistic fault. The line between the two fluctuates and is determined by a period’s taste and its sense of proportion. Pleonasm is common in conversational speech, where it and other figures of speech are forms of the natural redundancy of speech; an example of pleonasm is found in the sentence Svoimi glazami videi (“I saw it with my own eyes”). In folklore, pleonasm acquires stylistic expressiveness, as in put’-doroga (“path-road”), more-okean (“sea-ocean”), and grust’-toska (“sorrow-grief”). In literature, some styles have cultivated pleonasm, among these the embellished style of classical rhetoric. Other styles, including the “simple style,” avoid pleonasm. A figura etimologica is an intensified form of pleonasm, in which words having the same roots are repeated, as in shutki shutit’ (“to joke”) and ogorod gorodit’ (“to make a fuss”). Sometimes an extreme form of pleonasm, in which the very same words are repeated, is called a tautology. In contemporary stylistic criticism, however, the concept of tautology is often identified with pleonasm. pleonasmRedundancy of expression; tautology.pleonasm
pleonasm [ple´o-nazm] an excess of parts.ple·o·nasm (plē'ō-nazm), Excess in number or size of parts. [G. pleonasmos, exaggeration, excessive, fr. pleiōn, more] ple·o·nasm (plē'ō-nazm) Excess in number or size of parts. [G. pleonasmos, exaggeration, excessive, fr. pleiōn, more]pleonasm
Synonyms for pleonasmnoun words or the use of words in excess of those needed for clarity or precisionSynonyms- diffuseness
- diffusion
- long-windedness
- prolixity
- redundancy
- verbiage
- verboseness
- verbosity
- windiness
- wordage
- wordiness
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