pléonasme — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
pléonasme is used for these senses in English:
- tautology (countable) An expression that features tautology.
pleonasm — full definition
- noun Redundancy in wording.
- noun A phrase involving pleonasm; a phrase containing one or more words which are redundant because their meaning is expressed elsewhere in the phrase.
tautology — full definition
- noun The needless repetition of an idea in different words, such as "free gift" or "a new innovation".
- noun In logic, a statement that is true in every possible case because of its structure alone, such as "either it will rain or it will not rain".