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TAUTOLOGY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Useless repetition
Example:
to say that something is 'adequate enough' is a tautology
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("tautology" is a kind of...):
repetitiousness; repetitiveness (verboseness resulting from excessive repetitions)
Derivation:
tautologic; tautological (repetition of same sense in different words)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(logic) a statement that is necessarily true
Example:
the statement 'he is brave or he is not brave' is a tautology
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("tautology" is a kind of...):
true statement; truth (a true statement)
Domain category:
logic (the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference)
Derivation:
tautological (repetition of same sense in different words)
