Pleonasm

Definition:

  • (n.) 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.

Compare pleonasm with other words:

pleonasm vs. pleonast

circumlocution vs. pleonasm

double vs. pleonasm

pleonasm vs. redundancy

pleonasm vs. tautology

asseveration vs. pleonasm

pleonasm vs. pleonastic

homosexual vs. pleonasm