Defenition of the word tautology

• Defenition of the word tautology

  • A use of redundant language in speech or writing.
  • useless repetition; "to say that something is `adequate enough' is a tautology"
  • (in logic) a statement that is necessarily true; "the statement `he is brave or he is not brave' is a tautology"
  • useless repetition; "to say that something is `adequate enough'' is a tautology"
  • (logic) a statement that is necessarily true; "the statement `he is brave or he is not brave'' is a tautology"
  • useless repetition
  • (logic) a statement that is necessarily true

Hypernyms for the word tautology

• • repetitiousness
  • repetitiveness
  • true statement
  • truth

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