pleonasm
noun/ˈpliːənæzəm/
/ˈpliːənæzəm/
[uncountable, countable] (specialist)- the use of more words than are necessary to express a meaning. For example, ‘see with your eyes’ is a pleonasm because the same meaning can be expressed using ‘see’.Topics Languagec2Word Originmid 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek pleonasmos, from pleonazein ‘be superfluous’.
Check pronunciation:
pleonasm