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| type | s |
| lex_filenum | 00 |
| def | repetition of same sense in different words |
| examples | `a true fact' and `a free gift' are pleonastic expressions the phrase `a beginner who has just started' is tautological at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition J.B.Conant |
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| Similar to | prolix |
| Derivationally related form | tautological → tautology; tautological → tautology |
| Derivationally related form | tautologic → tautology |
| Derivationally related form | redundant → redundancy; redundant → redundancy |
| Derivationally related form | pleonastic → pleonasm |
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| Similar to | prolix |
| Derivationally related form | redundancy → redundant; redundancy → redundant |
| Derivationally related form | pleonasm → pleonastic |
| Derivationally related form | tautology → tautologic |
| Derivationally related form | tautology → tautological; tautology → tautological |
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