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

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...

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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...

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

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

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...

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"...

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...

Loanwords Neologisms/new creations Archaisms/old words Contamination Tautology Pleonasm Analogy Polysemy Homonyms Homophones Synonyms Antonyms Paronyms Abbreviations...

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...

in 1995. Brick Boulder (original Italian name "Rock Sassi", which is a pleonasm as "sassi" means "rocks") is a plainclothes police officer who usually...

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

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

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

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

law following the decline of the Roman Empire. These phrases are often pleonasms and form irreversible binomials. In other cases the two components have...

"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...

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

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...

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

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

"January first" or "the first of January".) Tautologies like redundancy and pleonasm are common despite the emphasis on avoiding them, stressing brevity and...

dances. Antanaclasis Figura etymologica Hendiadys Legal doublet Merism Pleonasm (the use of more words than necessary to express an idea) Polyptoton (a...

fixed-price meal. In America "à la carte menu" can be found, an oxymoron and a pleonasm. à propos regarding/concerning (the correct French is à propos de) affaire...

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...

themselves and their readers with ready-made prose". Academese Plain English Pleonasm Verbosity The Elements of Style A Dictionary of Modern English Usage Orwell...

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