Meaning

2 senses
  1. Of, relating to, or using tautology.

    tautologisch, doppelt gemoppelt, redundant

    тавтологи́ческийtavtologíčeskij, тавтологи́чныйtavtologíčnyj

    тавтологі́чнийtavtolohíčnyj

  2. Using repetition or excessive wordiness; pleonastic or circumlocutionary.

More definitions
  • repetition of same and identical sense with different and non-identical words

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Tom tautologically said that tautological tautology is tautological.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
of, relating to, or using tautology:
Русский
By meaning 1
of, relating to, or using tautology:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
of, relating to, or using tautology:

Origin

From tautology + -ical.

From tautology + -ical.

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Forms

more tautological, most tautological
Comparativemore tautological Lesson
Superlativemost tautological Lesson

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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