Antonyms for pleonasm

Grammar : Noun

Spell : plee-uh-naz-uh m

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpli əˌnæz əm

conciseness

Definition of pleonasm

Origin : "redundancy in words," 1580s, from Late Latin pleonasmus, from Greek pleonasmos, from pleonazein "to be more than enough, to be superfluous," in grammatical use, "to add superfluously," from comb. form of pleon "more" (see pleio-).

noun wordiness

Example sentences :

Ignorance of the true meaning of a word often leads to pleonasm.
Extract from : « The Romance of Words (4th ed.) » by Ernest Weekley

What is pleonasm in a single sentence is ellipsis in a double one.
Extract from : « A Handbook of the English Language » by Robert Gordon Latham

These are instances of pleonasm in the strictest sense of the term.
Extract from : « A Handbook of the English Language » by Robert Gordon Latham

We have spoken of "true worship;" the expression is a pleonasm.
Extract from : « The Articles of Faith » by James E. Talmage

The pleonasm is explained by the divergence of French and ME.
Extract from : « Fourteenth Century Verse & Prose » by Various

But the above examples are arranged either by Pleonasm or by some such like artifice.
Extract from : « Essays and Miscellanies » by Plutarch

What is pleonasm in a single sentence, is ellipsis in a double one.
Extract from : « The English Language » by Robert Gordon Latham

"He is so nervous that he is committing a pleonasm," said Felicien in an aside to Lousteau.
Extract from : « A Distinguished Provincial at Paris » by Honore de Balzac

Nothing is gained in strength nor precision by this kind of pleonasm.
Extract from : « Write It Right » by Ambrose Bierce

Let the word come after the gesture and there will be no pleonasm.
Extract from : « Delsarte System of Oratory » by Various

Synonyms for pleonasm

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