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Found 2 hits - Term: pleonastic, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
pleonastic \ple`onas"tic\, pleonastical \ple`onas"tical\, a.
   cf. f. pl'eonastique.
   of or pertaining to pleonasm; of the nature of pleonasm;
   redundant.
   1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
pleonastic
     adj : repetition of same sense in different words; "`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 syn: redundant,
            tautologic, tautological
see also:
redundant tautologic tautological 

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