pleonastic

How To Use pleonastic In A Sentence

• So it could be called pleonastic or tautological, but not an oxymoron. GeekLikeMe.net
• It is not pleonastic to speak of radioactive iodine because I (127), the naturally occurring isotope, is not radioactive; the term therefore refers to any of the other 23 isotopes known at present, all of which are radioactive. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VIII No 3
• Kitchen-sink paella and pleonastic etymologic Sunday morning musings Do Bianchi
• That it is no worse than pleonastic, that is, redundant, therefore only unnecessary, can be no satisfaction to the man who would find perfection, if he may, in the words of him who was nearer the Lord than any other. Unspoken Sermons Third Series
• It's almost pleonastic to say the civil service resists change, just as it is to say that they're self-interested. Despite its reputation, the civil service recognises the need for cuts
• Bertrand Russell, having not made out too well in his debate with Frederick C. Copleston, interviews Anselm who drags in Rowan as an example of something more obscure and intrinsically pleonastic than both the ontological argument and anthropic principle combined. And now for something completely different: an ontological argument for God that invokes Rowan Williams « Anglican Samizdat
• But the concept of free action would seem to be pleonastic on the analysis of freedom in terms of the ability to get what one wants.
• Such usages are sometimes described as barbarous and pleonastic, but such criticism does not affect their widespread use.
• Martin also squeezes the word "perspicacious" into his first paragraph, and drops the dime "pleonastic" later on. NYT A1: Sesquipedalian!!!! - Swampland - TIME.com
• The predictability of the direct objects of gnash and purse is revealed by the pleonastic nature of?