pleonasm
nounThe use of more words than are required to express an idea; redundancy.
nounAn instance of pleonasm.
nounA superfluous word or phrase.
nounRedundancy of language; the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea.
nounA redundant phrase or expression; an instance of redundancy of language.
nounIn medicine, excess in number or size.
nounRedundancy of language in speaking or writing; the use of more words than are necessary to express the idea.
nounA phrase involving pleonasm, that is, a phrase in which one or more words are redundant as their meaning is expressed elsewhere in the phrase.