Terms for duplicated words
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Hire the world's top talent on demand or became one of them at Toptal: https://topt.al/25cXVn
and get $2,000 discount on your first invoice
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Hire the world's top talent on demand or became one of them at Toptal: https://topt.al/25cXVn
and get $2,000 discount on your first invoice
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Music by Eric Matyas
https://www.soundimage.org
Track title: Puddle Jumping Looping
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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.