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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...
- impress, or
avoid criticism, many
usage guides advise writers to
avoid pleonasm as much as possible, not
because such
usage is
always wrong, but rather...
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Tautology (rule of inference), a rule of
replacement for
logical expressions Pleonasm Redundancy (disambiguation)
Tautological (disambiguation) Tautonym, a scientific...
-
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...
- meal "menu". In
America "à la
Carte Menu" can be found, an
oxymoron and a
pleonasm. à
propos regarding/concerning (the
correct French syntax is à
propos de)...
-
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...
- Hirsh, Zebi Hirsh, Zvi Hirsh, etc. (Yiddish: צבי-הירש) is a
bilingual pleonasmic Jewish name doublet,
literally "deer-deer",
traceable back to the Hebrew...
- and
equity courts. "class
action lawsuit" or "class
action suit" are
pleonasms used by
laypersons unfamiliar with the
critical distinction between the...
- rebellion. Józef
Szujski notes that the
literature became "infested with
pleonasms,
pasquinades and
moral sermon". Consequently,
regional councils imposed...
