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pleonasm

/ˈpliː.ə.næz.əm/

Meanings

noun

冗赘, 废话.

Examples :

""Saying 'a small little dog' is a pleonasm because 'little' is already implied by 'small'." "
说“一只小小的小狗”是一种冗赘,因为“小”这个词已经隐含了“小小的”的意思,所以重复了。