pleonasm

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Plus, "date of birth" is a pleonasm IMO since "birthday" is shorter.

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using more words than necessary; "a tiny little child"

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noun

using more words than necessary; "a tiny little child"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for pleonasm.

noun

using more words than necessary; "a tiny little child"

Example sentences

Plus, "date of birth" is a pleonasm IMO since "birthday" is shorter.

Epub generally means reflowable, so what i said up there was a bit of a pleonasm.

So my personal belongings is a valid distinction, not a pleonasm.

Am I missing something or is "collaborative chat" a pleonasm?

A sandwich containing extraneous descriptions of shit and pleonasm.

"Chemically modified graphene" is a tad ambiguous, but adding "nanostructure" is a pleonasm.

If what you said were true, government censorship would not be a phrase people used as it would be a pleonasm.> As the owner of private property if someone were to graffiti my walls without permissionThis is a false equivalence.

When the train conductor says: "Don't forget your personal belongings when leaving the train", then it is a pleonasm as the distinction is probably not intentional; I doubt the conductor wants you to leave your shared belongings in the train.

I'd call it a pleonasm [0]: "In particular, pleonasm sometimes serves the same function as rhetorical repetition—it can be used to reinforce an idea, contention, or question, rendering writing clearer and easier to understand.