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All pleonasm synonyms

ple·o·nasm
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noun pleonasm

  • gassiness — The state or property of being gassy.
  • macrology — Long and tedious talk without much substance; superfluity of words.
  • wordage — words collectively.
  • expansiveness — The state of being expansive.
  • logorrhea — pathologically incoherent, repetitious speech.
  • circumlocution — A circumlocution is a way of saying or writing something using more words than are necessary instead of being clear and direct.
  • indirectness — not in a direct course or path; deviating from a straight line; roundabout: an indirect course in sailing.
  • wordiness — characterized by or given to the use of many, or too many, words; verbose: She grew impatient at his wordy reply.
  • loquaciousness — talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; chattering; babbling; garrulous: a loquacious dinner guest.
  • officialese — a style of language used in some official statements, often criticized for its use of polysyllabic jargon and obscure, pretentiously wordy phrasing.
  • circumambages — round-about methods
  • discursiveness — passing aimlessly from one subject to another; digressive; rambling.
  • windiness — The state of being windy (in all meanings).
  • catalogic — of the nature of or relating to a catalogue
  • floridity — reddish; ruddy; rosy: a florid complexion.
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