pleonastic

Ple·o·nas·tic·al , a.

[Cf. F. pléonastique.]
Of or pertaining to pleonasm; of the nature of pleonasm; redundant.

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adjective

Using or containing an excessive number of words: diffuse, long-winded, periphrastic, prolix, redundant, verbose, wordy. See excess/insufficiency/enough, style/good style/bad style, words.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: repetition of same sense in different words
  Synonyms: redundant, tautologic, tautological

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - pleonastisk

Nederlands (Dutch)
pleonastisch, dubbel op

Français (French)
adj. - pléonastique

Deutsch (German)
adj. - pleonastisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - πλεοναστικός

Italiano (Italian)
pleonastico

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - pleonástico

Русский (Russian)
плеонастический

Español (Spanish)
adj. - pleonástico

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - pleonastisk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
冗言的, 重复的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 冗言的, 重復的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - (강조 등을 위해) 중복[장황]어구를 쓰는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 冗語法の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) حشووي, زائد عن حده‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮של עודפות, יתורי, של שפת יתר, של גיבוב דברים‬

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