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==Origin==
Classical [[Latin]] ''redundantia'' superfluity, excess
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century 1602]
==Definitions==
*1a : the [[quality]] or state of being redundant : superfluity
:b : the use of redundant components; also : such components
:c chiefly British : dismissal from a job especially by layoff
*2: profusion, [[abundance]]
*3a : superfluous [[repetition]] : prolixity
:b : an act or instance of needless repetition
*4: the part of a message that can be eliminated without loss of essential information
==Description==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redundancy_(linguistics) Redundancy (linguistics)], the construction of a phrase that presents some [[idea]] using more [[information]], often via multiple means, than is [[necessary]] for one to be able [[understand]] the idea.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tautology_(rhetoric) Tautology (rhetoric)], an unnecessary or unessential (and sometimes unintentional) [[repetition]] of [[meaning]], using [[different]] and dissimilar [[words]] that effectively say the same thing twice (often originally from different [[languages]])
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleonasm Pleonasm], the use of more words or word-parts than is [[necessary]] for clear [[expression]], often redundantly
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logorrhoea_(linguistics) Logorrhoea (linguistics)], an excessive [[flow]] of [[words]] more generally
[[Category: Languages and Literature]]
==Origin==
Classical [[Latin]] ''redundantia'' superfluity, excess
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century 1602]
==Definitions==
*1a : the [[quality]] or state of being redundant : superfluity
:b : the use of redundant components; also : such components
:c chiefly British : dismissal from a job especially by layoff
*2: profusion, [[abundance]]
*3a : superfluous [[repetition]] : prolixity
:b : an act or instance of needless repetition
*4: the part of a message that can be eliminated without loss of essential information
==Description==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redundancy_(linguistics) Redundancy (linguistics)], the construction of a phrase that presents some [[idea]] using more [[information]], often via multiple means, than is [[necessary]] for one to be able [[understand]] the idea.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tautology_(rhetoric) Tautology (rhetoric)], an unnecessary or unessential (and sometimes unintentional) [[repetition]] of [[meaning]], using [[different]] and dissimilar [[words]] that effectively say the same thing twice (often originally from different [[languages]])
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleonasm Pleonasm], the use of more words or word-parts than is [[necessary]] for clear [[expression]], often redundantly
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logorrhoea_(linguistics) Logorrhoea (linguistics)], an excessive [[flow]] of [[words]] more generally
[[Category: Languages and Literature]]