pleonasm

Summary

pleonasm is a stylistic device^[1]. pleonasm draws 2,141 Wikipedia views per month (stylistic_device category, ranking #18 of 107).^[2]

Key Facts

• pleonasm's instance of is recorded as stylistic device^[3].
• pleonasm is a type of stylistic device^[4].
• pleonasm is a type of redundancy^[5].
• pleonasm's said to be the same as is recorded as tautology^[6].
• pleonasm's said to be the same as is recorded as verbosity^[7].
• pleonasm's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pleonasm^[8].
• pleonasm's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[9].
• pleonasm's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary^[10].
• pleonasm's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[11].
• pleonasm's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[12].
• pleonasm's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[13].
• pleonasm's described by source is recorded as Basque Literature Terms Dictionary^[14].
• pleonasm's different from is recorded as neoplasm^[15].
• pleonasm's different from is recorded as tautology^[16].

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Definition and Type

pleonasm's instance of is recorded as stylistic device^[3]. Recorded subclass of include stylistic device^[4] and redundancy^[5].

Why It Matters

pleonasm draws 2,141 Wikipedia views per month (stylistic_device category, ranking #18 of 107).^[2] pleonasm has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[17] pleonasm is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[18]