Both Uses of
redundant
in
Absalom, Absalom!
- I wont say hungry because to a woman ... below Mason's and Dixon's in this year of grace 1865, that word would be sheer redundancy, like saying that we were breathing.
Chpt 4 *redundancy = more than is needed -- especially repeating ideas
- Which—to mention it—is redundancy too, like the breathing or the need of ammunition.†
Chpt 4
Definition:
more than is needed -- often something that is unnecessarily repeated
or in technical usage: describing a secondary component designed to work if the primary component fails
or in technical usage: describing a secondary component designed to work if the primary component fails