pleonastic
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British pronunciation
/plɪənˈastɪk/

Definition & Meaning of "pleonastic"

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

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The phrase " end result " is pleonastic because " result " alone suffices.
Her explanation was pleonastic, repeating the same information in several different ways.
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