How do you pronounce pleonasm?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpliː.əˌnæz.əm/.

pleonasm

/ˈpliː.əˌnæz.əm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.29 in modern English

Syllables: pleonasm
IPA: /ˈpliː.əˌnæz.əm/

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Meaning

noun

Redundancy in wording.

Uncountable

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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Example Sentences

"St. Jerome and St. Augustine are both sparing in the employment of the device of pleonasm."
"Indeed, pleonasm, the use of superfluous or redundant words, is only part of the broader features of that style, the expressions of which have been so thoroughly analyzed by Franz Neirynck² and which for convenience will here be referred to as "dualisms.""
"My salvation is in my Saviour who saveth me hence the redundancy and pleonasm of my asseveration."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin pleonasmus, from Ancient Greek πλεονασμός (pleonasmós), from πλεονάζω (pleonázō, “to be superfluous”), from πλείων (pleíōn, “more”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: πλεονασμός

Usage

Inflected Forms

pleonasms (plural)

Derived Forms

pleonasmic

Phrases

English pleonastic compounds Pleonastic compounds by language

Frequently Paired Words

circumlocution pleonastic auxesis battology perissology tautology English pleonastic compounds Pleonastic compounds by language