pleonasm
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pleonasmUK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈpliːəˌnæzəm/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(plē′ə naz′əm) pleonasm WordReference English Thesaurus © 2025 Synonyms: redundancy Collocations, verbiage, circumlocution, repetition, wordiness, begging the question, platitude, truism Recent forum discussions about thesaurus entries: Is "period of time" a pleonasm? - English Only forum
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