tautology, tautologies 1. The needless repetition of an idea; especially, in words other than those of the immediate context, without imparting additional force or clearness, as in `widow woman”. 2. The redundant repetition of a meaning in a sentence, using different words. 3. In rhetoric, a tautology is the use of redundant language in speech o...
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redundancies, tautologies, and pleonasms * The pleonasms followed by an asterisk (*) came from an essay, 'The Affluent Rich'; by Nat Boynton in his book, Media Rare. My special thanks to Mr. Jerry Gordon for contributing a copy of the essay so I could go through it and pick out the 'UR's' (Unnecessary Redundancies) or pleonasms. Please contribute ...
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