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pleonasm in Japanese

pleonasm in Japanese is 冗語 — pleonasm means redundancy in wording.

pleonasm in Japanese

冗語
noun
Pronounced: jōgo
(uncountable, rhetoric) Redundancy in wording.

What does "pleonasm" mean?

  1. noun Redundancy in wording.
  2. noun A phrase involving pleonasm; a phrase containing one or more words which are redundant because their meaning is expressed elsewhere in the phrase.
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What is "pleonasm" in Japanese?

"pleonasm" in Japanese is 冗語. pleonasm means: Redundancy in wording.

How do you pronounce 冗語?

"pleonasm" in Japanese is 冗語, pronounced "jōgo".

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