Looking for a word that describes when you say both possible outcomes

Question

Sometimes someone will say "if we don't win, we lose" or "we will make it, or we won't" or another example is, "if i don't pass, I fail"

It is when someone needlessly states the obvious alternative.

I have heard the word before, but now just cannot recall it.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

You may be referring to a pleonasm:(adj) pleonastic:

• The use of more words than are required to express an idea; redundancy.

• A superfluous word or phrase.

Adj. pleonastic - repetition of same sense in different words; a true fact and ` free gift are pleonastic expressions"; "the phrase a beginner who has just started' is tautological or redundant"

Source: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Pleonastic