Meaning

4 senses
  1. (rhetoric, uncountable)Redundant use of words, a pleonasm, an unnecessary and tedious repetition.

    It is tautology to say, "Forward Planning".

    Pleonasmus

    тавтоло́гияtavtológija

    тавтоло́гіяtavtolóhija

  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".

    Tautologie

    тавтоло́гіяtavtolóhija

  3. (countable)A statement that is true for all truth values of its propositional variables.

    Tautologie

    тавтоло́гіяtavtolóhija

    (logic) a statement that is necessarily true

  4. (countable)A statement that is true for all truth values of its Boolean atoms.

Examples

8 sentences
  1. Isn't this a tautology?

    Хіба це не тавтологія?

    ruРазве это не тавтология?

    deIst das nicht eine Tautologie?

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  2. This is a tautology.

    Це тавтологія.

    ruЭто тавтология.

    deDas ist eine Tautologie.

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  3. It's a tautology.

    Це тавтологія.

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  4. Tom tautologically said that tautological tautology is tautological.

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  5. Listen up! The first rule of the Tautology Club is the first rule of the Tautology Club.

    Слухайте! Перше правило клубу тавтології - це перше правило клубу тавтології.

    ruСлушайте! Первое правило клуба тавтологии — это первое правило клуба тавтологии.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
uncountable: redundant use of words:
Русский
By meaning 1
uncountable: redundant use of words:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
uncountable: redundant use of words:
expression that features tautology:

Origin

From Late Latin tautologia, from Ancient Greek ταὐτολογία (tautología) from ταὐτός (tautós

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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