| 单词 | pleonasm |
| 释义 | pleonasm (once / 50082 pages) n Pleonasm is using more words than you need to, either accidentally or deliberately. An example of pleonasm? "She picked up the tiny little baby kitten." The Greek root word in pleonasm is pleonazein, which describes something as more than enough. Used accidentally, a pleonasm is just long-winded wordiness, like a sentence that includes far more words than is necessary. Used on purpose, pleonasm is a tool used by writers and speakers to emphasize something or clarify an idea through repetition. This helps audiences remember main ideas as they listen or read. WORD FAMILYpleonasm: pleonasms, pleonastic+/pleonastic: pleonastically USAGE EXAMPLESTo call it 'the will to live' is therefore a pleonasm. Whittaker, Thomas, Schopenhauer(2011) Our attention is called to its "unique transcendence"—which is a penny-a-lining pleonasm. Foote, G. W. (George William), The Book Of God—In The Light Of The...(2011) If we say that it is the science of the spirit, we indulge in a useless pleonasm. Gentile, Giovanni, The Reform of Education(2011) n using more words than necessary Hyper verboseness, verbosity an expressive style that uses excessive or empty words |
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