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redundancy
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of REDUNDANCY
1
the use of too many words to express an idea <even though the phrase “free gift” is a redundancy, many retailers still use it to assure customers that an item is really free>
Synonyms circumlocution, diffuseness, diffusion, garrulity, garrulousness, logorrhea, long-windedness, periphrasis, prolixity, redundancy, verbalism, verboseness, verbosity, windiness, wordage, wordiness
Related Words circuitousness, circularity, digressiveness; pleonasm, tautology; reiteration, repetition, repetitiousness, repetitiveness; embellishment, embroidering, exaggeration, hyperbole, overstatement
Near Antonyms brevity, briefness, compactness, conciseness, concision, crispness, pithiness, succinctness, terseness
2
the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed <there's a redundancy of high-priced restaurants in the area>
Synonyms bellyful, fat, overabundance, overage, overflow, overkill, overmuch, overplus, oversupply, plethora, plus, redundancy, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, surplusage
Related Words abundance, bounty, plentitude, plenty, profusion, sufficiency; overproduction, overstock
3
chiefly British the termination of the employment of an employee or a work force often temporarily <several dozen employees at the London office were lost to redundancy>
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