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Pleonasm (/ˈpliː.əˌnæzəm/; from
Ancient Gr**** πλεονασμός (pleonasmós), from πλέον (pléon) 'to be in excess') is
redundancy in
linguistic expression, such...
- the same
thing twice".
Tautology and
pleonasm are not
consistently differentiated in literature. Like
pleonasm,
tautology is
often considered a fault...
- 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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Tautology (rule of inference), a rule of
replacement for
logical expressions Pleonasm Redundancy (disambiguation)
Tautological (disambiguation) Tautonym, a scientific...
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phrase "Please RSVP",
which is a case of RAS
syndrome (redundancy) or a
pleonasm, as "s'il vous plait"
means "please".
iCalendar Look up RSVP in Wiktionary...
- 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...
- for its weather****. 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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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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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...
- "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...
