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tautology

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13
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15
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9
Pronunciation
/tɔˈtɒləd͡ʒi/
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/tɔˈtɒləd͡ʒi/ · /toːˈtɔləd͡ʒi/ · /tɔˈtɑləd͡ʒi/ · /tɑˈtɑləd͡ʒi/ · /tɔˈtɔləd͡ʒe/

Definition of tautology

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (rhetoric, uncountable)Redundant use of words, a pleonasm, an unnecessary and tedious repetition.
    “It is tautology to say, "Forward Planning".”
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noun

  1. (rhetoric, uncountable)Redundant use of words, a pleonasm, an unnecessary and tedious repetition.
    “It is tautology to say, "Forward Planning".”
  2. (countable, rhetoric)An expression that features tautology.
    “The expression "raze to the ground" is a tautology, since the word "raze" includes the notion "to the ground".”
    “Pure mathematics consists of tautologies, analogous to ‘men are men’, but usually more complicated.”
  3. (countable)A statement that is true for all truth values of its propositional variables.
  4. (countable)A statement that is true for all truth values of its Boolean atoms.

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Etymology

From Late Latin tautologia, from Ancient Greek ταὐτολογία (tautología) from ταὐτός (tautós, “the same”) + λόγος (lógos, “explanation”). By surface analysis, tauto- + -logy.

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