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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 as...
- the same
thing twice".
Tautology and
pleonasm are not
consistently differentiated in literature. Like
pleonasm,
tautology is
often considered a fault...
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Tautology (rule of inference), a rule of
replacement for
logical expressions Pleonasm Redundancy (disambiguation)
Tautological (disambiguation) Tautonym, a scientific...
- 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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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...
- A
kugel fountain (also
called a
floating sphere fountain or by the
pleonasmic name
kugel ball) is a
water feature or
sculpture where a
sphere sits in a...
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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...
- Aryeh-Leib (אריה-לייב) or
Aryeh Loeb is a
bilingual pleonasmic Jewish name doublet,
literally 'lion-lion',
traceable back to the
Hebrew word אריה arye...
- and
equity courts. "class
action lawsuit" or "class
action suit" are
pleonasms used by
laypersons unfamiliar with the
critical distinction between the...
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environment at
large spatial scales. macrology† Verbose,
meaningless talk;
pleonasm.
macrometeorology The
study of large-scale
behavior of the atmosphere....
