Pleonasm (/ˈpliː.əˌnæzəm/; from Ancient Greek πλεονασμός (pleonasmós), from πλέον (pléon) 'to be in excess') is redundancy in linguistic expression, such...

the same thing twice". Tautology and pleonasm are not consistently differentiated in literature. Like pleonasm, tautology is often considered a fault...

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...

phrase "Please RSVP", which is a case of RAS syndrome (redundancy) or a pleonasm, as "s'il vous plait" means "please". iCalendar Look up RSVP in Wiktionary...

Tautology (rule of inference), a rule of replacement for logical expressions Pleonasm Redundancy (disambiguation) Tautological (disambiguation) Tautonym, a scientific...

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...

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...

thermal non-equilibrium, so the term 'heat flow' is a redundancy (i.e. a pleonasm). Heat must not be confused with stored thermal energy, and moving a hot...

for its weathercock. The church is commonly called the Dome Cathedral, a pleonasm as the word 'Dome' comes from the German Dom meaning 'cathedral'. The church...

applying human qualities to inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomena. Pleonasm: the use of more words than is necessary for clear expression. Procatalepsis:...

meal "menu". In America "à la Carte Menu" can be found, an oxymoron and a pleonasm. à propos regarding/concerning (the correct French syntax is à propos de)...

sprezzatura and elliptic style. It contrasts with periphrasis, aureation and pleonasm. Blacketer (2006). The School of God: Pedagogy and Rhetoric in Calvin's...

and equity courts. "Class action lawsuit" or "class action suit" are pleonasms used by laypersons unfamiliar with the critical distinction between the...

"platitude" and "bromide". "In a Cottage in Fife", a Mother Goose nursery rhyme Pleonasm Georges Lebouc, 2500 noms propres devenus communs, p. 389 Michel Chabanne...

singular into the plural form, because it is not necessary and considered a pleonasm (in Indonesian often called pemborosan kata). Personal pronouns are not...

steadily. Adding the prefix "neuro-" to the word "cognitive" is an example of pleonasm because analogous to expressions like "burning fire" and "black darkness"...

The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase is a non-fiction book by Mark Forsyth published in 2013. The book explains classical...

consistently distinguished. (The term "discriminative classifier" becomes a pleonasm when "discrimination" is equivalent to "classification".) The term "generative...

periphrase photo- light photoelectric, photography, photosynthesis pleo- more pleonasm, pleroma pod- foot podiatrist poly- many polygon, polyhedron, polygamy...

Intentionally confusing wording to confuse people apart from an intended audience Pleonasm – Redundancy in linguistic expression Purple prose – Prose text that is...

stuff a stuffable bit", though technically correct, does sound like a pleonasm! Similar techniques are used to combine four × 8 Mbit/s together, plus...

Cognitive process Minimalism – Movements in various forms of art and design Pleonasm – Redundancy in linguistic expression Garner, Bryan A. (2009). Garner on...

the current phrase "native-born citizen" is well understood; but it is pleonasm and should be discarded; and the correct designation, "native citizen"...

comparison to a more common or regular form Oxymoron – Figure of speech Pleonasm – Redundancy in linguistic expression Purple prose – Prose text that is...

marketing message Memetics – Study of self-replicating units of culture Pleonasm – Redundancy in linguistic expression Psychobabble – A form of speech or...

probably means simply "water" or slow flowing river. Thus the name is a pleonasm. The lower reaches of the Great Ouse are also known as "Old West River"...

most basic definition, "a key is a unique identifier", so unique key is a pleonasm. Keys that are within their originating entity are unique within that entity...

cave. List of reduplicated place names Bilingual tautological expressions Pleonasm RAS syndrome Victor Wadds, ed., The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place...

«recognized the desire to live into this fenced-off distance». redundancy, pleonasm. «Voschev... opened the door to space», «his body was thin inside the clothes»...

rebellion. Józef Szujski notes that the literature became "infested with pleonasms, pasquinades and moral sermon". Consequently, regional councils imposed...