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pleonastic meaning and definition
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Definition of pleonastic (adjective)
- repetition of same sense in different words
- "`a true fact' and `a free gift' are pleonastic expressions"; "the phrase `a beginner who has just started' is tautological"; "at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition"- J.B.Conant
- synonyms: redundant, tautologic, tautological
Source: Princeton University Wordnet