pleonasm

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Synonyms: pleonast, plenism, pleonaste, peonism, pleonal, pleonasms

Antonyms: pleonast, plenism, pleonaste, peonism, pleonal, pleonasms

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|uncountable|rhetoric}} {{U|redundancy}} in wording.
2. {{lb|en|countable}} A phrase involving pleonasm; a phrase containing one or more words which are [[redundant]] because their meaning is expressed elsewhere in the phrase.

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