tautology
Redundant use of words, a pleonasm, an unnecessary and tedious repetitionRedundant use of words, a pleonasm, an unnecessary and tedious repetition.
» Isn't this a tautology?
Ist das nicht eine Tautologie?
Разве это не тавтология?
Это разве не тавтология?
Это не тавтология?
А это не тавтология?
Хіба це не тавтологія?
Meaning
4 senses(rhetoric, uncountable)Redundant use of words, a pleonasm, an unnecessary and tedious repetition.
It is tautology to say, "Forward Planning".
Pleonasmus
тавтоло́гияtavtológija
тавтоло́гіяtavtolóhija
(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
(countable)A statement that is true for all truth values of its propositional variables.
Tautologie
тавтоло́гіяtavtolóhija
(logic) a statement that is necessarily true
(countable)A statement that is true for all truth values of its Boolean atoms.
Examples
8 sentencesIsn't this a tautology?
Хіба це не тавтологія?
ruРазве это не тавтология?
deIst das nicht eine Tautologie?
This is a tautology.
Це тавтологія.
ruЭто тавтология.
deDas ist eine Tautologie.
It's a tautology.
Це тавтологія.
Tom tautologically said that tautological tautology is tautological.
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.
Translations
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Origin
From Late Latin tautologia, from Ancient Greek ταὐτολογία (tautología) from ταὐτός (tautósFrom 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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Forms
plural: tautologies| Singular | tautology |
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regular
Antonyms
3 antonymsWord family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable