HyperDic: pleonastic

English > 1 sense of the word pleonastic:
ADJECTIVEallpleonastic, redundant, tautologic, tautologicalrepetition of same sense in different words
English > pleonastic: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaningrepetition of same sense in different words.
Example"'a true fact' and 'a free gift' are pleonastic expressions"
Synonymsredundant, tautologic, tautological
Broaderprolixtediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length
Spanishpleonástico, redundante, tautológico
Catalanpleonàstic, redundant
Nounspleonasmusing more words than necessary

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