pleonastic
pleo
plɪə
pliē
nas
ˈnæs
nās
tic
tɪk
tik
/plɪənˈastɪk/

Definition & Meaning of "pleonastic"in English

pleonastic
01

using more words than necessary to express an idea, often resulting in redundancy

Grammatical Information
Composition
Complex
qualitative
Superlative
most pleonastic
Comparative
more pleonastic
gradable
Examples
The phrase " end result " is pleonastic because " result " alone suffices.
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