HyperDic: tautological

English > 1 sense of the word tautological:
ADJECTIVEalltautological, pleonastic, redundant, tautologicrepetition of same sense in different words
English > tautological: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaningrepetition of same sense in different words.
Example "the phrase 'a beginner who has just started' is tautological"
Synonymspleonastic, redundant, tautologic
Broaderprolixtediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length
Spanishpleonástico, redundante, tautológico
Catalanpleonàstic, redundant
Nounstautologyuseless repetition
tautology(logic) a statement that is necessarily true

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