Pleonasm (/ˈpliː.əˌnæzəm/; from Ancient Greek πλεονασμός pleonasmós, from πλέον pléon 'to be in excess') is redundancy in linguistic expression, such as...
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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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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...
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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...
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Rhetorical device (section Amplification/Pleonasm)
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...
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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...
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Tautology (rule of inference), a rule of replacement for logical expressions Pleonasm Redundancy (disambiguation) Tautological (disambiguation) Tautonym, a scientific...
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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...
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Afrikaans grammar (section Pleonasm)
Loanwords Neologisms/new creations Archaisms/old words Contamination Tautology Pleonasm Analogy Polysemy Homonyms Homophones Synonyms Antonyms Paronyms Abbreviations...
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sprezzatura and elliptic style. It contrasts with periphrasis, aureation and pleonasm. Blacketer (2006). The School of God: Pedagogy and Rhetoric in Calvin's...
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The Elements of Eloquence (section 31: Pleonasm)
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...
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singular into the plural form, because it is not necessary and considered a pleonasm (in Indonesian often called pemborosan kata). Personal pronouns are not...
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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"...
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law following the decline of the Roman Empire. These phrases are often pleonasms and form irreversible binomials. In other cases the two components have...
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steadily. Adding the prefix "neuro-" to the word "cognitive" is an example of pleonasm because analogous to expressions like "burning fire" and "black darkness"...
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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...
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in 1995. Brick Boulder (original Italian name "Rock Sassi", which is a pleonasm as "sassi" means "rocks") is a plainclothes police officer who usually...
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Cognitive process Minimalism – Movements in various forms of art and design Pleonasm – Redundancy in linguistic expression Garner, Bryan A. (2009). Garner on...
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consistently distinguished. (The term "discriminative classifier" becomes a pleonasm when "discrimination" is equivalent to "classification".) The term "generative...
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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...
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Intentionally confusing wording to confuse people apart from an intended audience Pleonasm – Redundancy in linguistic expression Purple prose – Prose text that is...
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applying human qualities to inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomena. Pleonasm: the use of more words than is necessary for clear expression. Procatalepsis:...
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Democratic Party: called themselves démocrate populaires in spite of the slight pleonasm of the term in order to underline, on one hand, their determined adherence...
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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...
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comparison to a more common or regular form Oxymoron – Figure of speech Pleonasm – Redundancy in linguistic expression Purple prose – Prose text that is...
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"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...
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dances. Antanaclasis Figura etymologica Hendiadys Legal doublet Merism Pleonasm (the use of more words than necessary to express an idea) Polyptoton (a...
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themselves and their readers with ready-made prose". Academese Plain English Pleonasm Verbosity The Elements of Style A Dictionary of Modern English Usage Orwell...
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paired with Hirsch, the German and Yiddish word for "deer", in a bilingual pleonasm. Notable people with this name include: Zvi Aharoni (1921–2012), Israeli...
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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...
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