Definition of Pleonasms. Meaning of Pleonasms. Synonyms of Pleonasms

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Definition of Pleonasms

Pleonasm
Pleonasm Ple"o*nasm,, n. [L. pleonasmus, Gr. ?, fr. ? to be more than enough, to abound, fr.?, neut. of ?, more, compar. of ? much. See Full, a., and cf. Poly-, Plus.] (Rhet.) Redundancy of language in speaking or writing; the use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; as, I saw it with my own eyes.

Meaning of Pleonasms from wikipedia

- suffices. Romanian: Este posibil or se poate întâmpla. Typical Spanish pleonasms Voy a subir arriba – I am going to go up upstairs, "arriba" not being...
- they are common in speech. The degree to which there is a need to avoid pleonasms such as redundant acronyms depends on one's balance point of prescriptivism...
- the same thing twice". Tautology and pleonasm are not consistently differentiated in literature. Like pleonasm, tautology is often considered a fault...
- the phrase "please RSVP" is used, which is a case of RAS syndrome (a pleonasm), as "s'il vous plaît" means "please". "RSVP" is no longer widely used...
- proof is either correct or erroneous, and a "rigorous proof" is simply a pleonasm. Where a special concept of rigor comes into play is in the socialized...
- ISBN 978-0-8020-6803-3. Retrieved 25 September 2013. "Pleonasm - Definition and Examples of Pleonasm". Literary Devices. 2014-02-14. Retrieved 2020-03-30...
- singular into the plural form, because it is not necessary and considered a pleonasm (in Indonesian often called pemborosan kata). Personal pronouns are not...
- law following the decline of the Roman Empire. These phrases are often pleonasms and form irreversible binomials. In other cases the two components have...
- Loanwords Neologisms/new creations Archaisms/old words Contamination Tautology Pleonasm Analogy Polysemy Homonyms Homophones Synonyms Antonyms Paronyms Abbreviations...
- in 1995. Brick Boulder (original Italian name "Rock S****i", which is a pleonasm as "s****i" means "rocks") is a plainclothes police officer who usually...