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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pleonasm /ˈpliːə(ʊ)ˌnaz(ə)m/

▶noun the use of more words than are necessary to convey meaning (e.g. see with one's eyes).

– derivatives
pleonastic adjective,
pleonastically adverb.

– origin C16: via late L. from Gk pleonasmos, from pleonazein ‘be superfluous’.

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