pleonasm
Redundancy in wordingRedundancy in wording.
» A black darkness is an example of a pleonasm.
„Schwarze Finsternis“ ist ein Beispiel für einen Pleonasmus.
Meaning
2 senses(rhetoric, uncountable)Redundancy in wording.
Pleonasmus
плеона́змpleonázm
плеона́змpleonázm
(countable)A phrase involving pleonasm; a phrase containing one or more words which are redundant because their meaning is expressed elsewhere in the phrase.
плеона́змpleonázm
- using more words than necessary
Examples
2 sentencesA black darkness is an example of a pleonasm.
de„Schwarze Finsternis“ ist ein Beispiel für einen Pleonasmus.
Nothing is gained in strength nor precision by this kind of pleonasm.
Translations
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Origin
Learned borrowing from Late Latin pleonasmus, from Ancient Greek πλεονασμός (pleonasmós),Learned borrowing from Late Latin pleonasmus, from Ancient Greek πλεονασμός (pleonasmós), from πλεονάζω (pleonázō, “to be superfluous”), from πλείων (pleíōn, “more”).
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Forms
plural: pleonasmsWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable