"Pleonasm"
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary & Thesaurus:
PLEONASM = the use of more words than those necessary to denote mere sense. Synonyms: redundancy, roundabout, tautology, verbality, verbiage.
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Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary & Thesaurus:
PLEONASM = the use of more words than those necessary to denote mere sense. Synonyms: redundancy, roundabout, tautology, verbality, verbiage.
1 Comments:
Very true! I am fully aware of that. But it's still useful to learn a new word :)
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