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Is there a word which means the opposite to oxymoron (i.e when a noun implies, and thus makes redundant, the adjective put in front of it)? Don't ask for an example as I can't think of anything

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by Suomynona on April 10th, 2008
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- Thanks for the answer (+2) but it was pleonasm I was after
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