The English Oracle

Terms for duplicated words

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00:00 Terms For Duplicated Words
00:20 Accepted Answer Score 22
00:30 Answer 2 Score 3
00:45 Thank you

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ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 22


It's called RAS Syndrome (Redundant Acronym Syndrome Syndrome).




ANSWER 2

Score 3


I think the word you're looking for is redundant. In the phrase VIP person, "person" is redundant because it is already implied by VIP. It is not a synonym. A synonym for VIP might be dignitary.