Translation for 'pleonasm' from English to Greek

pleonasm {noun}

πλεονασμός {ο}γλωσσ.

• Adding the prefix "neuro-" to the word "cognitive" is an example of pleonasm because, analogous to expressions like "burning fire" and "black darkness," the prefix "neuro-" adds no further useful information to the term "cognitive".
• Semantic pleonasm is a question more of style and usage than of grammar.
• The last two syllables (mond, hill) are an unlinked pleonasm (tautology) unapparent to native speakers.
• However, it is allowed for both parts of the name of a species to mean the same (pleonasm), without being identical in spelling.
• Brick Boulder (original Italian name "Rock Sassi", which is a pleonasm as "sassi" means "rocks") is a plainclothes police officer who usually works together with Detective Casey.

• In Italian, clitic doubling can be used for emphasis, is often viewed as a colloquial pleonasm, and is considered "incorrect" by many prescriptive grammarians.
• stuffing stuffable bits", and "waiting time jitter is the jitter you get while waiting to stuff a stuffable bit", though technically correct, does sound like a pleonasm!
• Brevitas is related to concision, parataxis, sprezzatura, and elliptic style. It contrasts with periphrasis, aureation and pleonasm.
• Some writers incorrectly use the phrase "Please RSVP", which is a case of RAS syndrome or a pleonasm.
• Peña has coined the pleonasm «republican republicanism» (or its alternative wording «public republicanism») to designate his political ideas, according to which the State's job is to pursue the common welfare by organizing the public services.