pleonasm
[noun]
Synonyms: verbiage, circumambages, circumbendibus, circumlocution, periphrase, periphrasis, redundancy, roundabout, tautology, verbality

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pleonasm noun

1. the use of more words than are necessary to express a meaning. For example, ‘see with your eyes’ is a pleonasm because the same meaning can be expressed using ‘see’.Topics
   Word Originmid 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek pleonasmos, from pleonazein ‘be superfluous’.

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