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tautological::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | pleonastic, redundant, tautologic |
| Derivation | tautology |
the phrase `a beginner who has just started' is tautological.
Examples of tautological
tautological
You have done nothing so far but produce a tautological retort to the article.
From the independent.co.uk
All your questions are only answerable in a way that is almost tautological.
From the time.com
That would or possibly could make the argument tautological, could it not?
From the en.wikipedia.org
The theory of natural selection may be so formulated that it is far from tautological.
From the en.wikipedia.org
To me this seems pretty simple and obvious, perhaps even tautological.
From the forbes.com
So their answer, as tautological as it sounds, somehow makes sense to us.
From the washingtontimes.com
However, the assumption of self-interest is not entirely tautological.
From the economist.com
He argued that mathematical economics suffered from being tautological.
From the en.wikipedia.org
This sort of line can be viewed as either trite and tautological, or dangerously blinkered.
From the forbes.com
- Pleonastic: repetition of same sense in different words; "`a true fact' and `a free gift' are pleonastic expressions"; "the phrase `a beginner who has just started' is tautological"; "at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition"- J.B.Conant
- (tautology) (logic) a statement that is necessarily true; "the statement `he is brave or he is not brave' is a tautology"
- (tautology) useless repetition; "to say that something is `adequate enough' is a tautology"
- In logic, a tautology (from the Greek word u03C4u03B1u03C5u03C4u03BFu03BBu03BFu03B3u03AFu03B1) is a formula that is true in every possible interpretation.
- (Tautology (rhetoric)) In rhetoric, a tautology is an unnecessary or unessential (and sometimes unintentional) repetition of meaning, using different and dissimilar words that effectively say the same thing (often originally from different languages). ...
- Of, relating to, or using tautology; using repetition or excessive wordiness; pleonastic or circumlocutionary
- (tautologist) One who makes tautologies
- (Tautologies) Statements that are necessarily true, either because they are logical or mathematical in nature, or because they are truisms and true by definition.
- (Tautology) repetition of an idea in a different word, phrase, or sentence.
