| NOUN | communication | tautology | (logic) a statement that is necessarily true |
|---|---|---|---|
| communication | tautology | useless repetition |
| Meaning | (logic) a statement that is necessarily true. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the statement 'he is brave or he is not brave' is a tautology" | |
| Category | logic | The branch of philosophy that analyzes inference |
| Broader | truth, true statement | A true statement |
| Spanish | pleonasmo, redundancia, tautología | |
| Catalan | tautologia | |
| Adjectives | tautological | repetition of same sense in different words |
| Meaning | useless repetition. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "to say that something is 'adequate enough' is a tautology" | |
| Broader | repetitiveness, repetitiousness | verboseness resulting from excessive repetitions |
| Spanish | tautología | |
| Catalan | tautologia | |
| Adjectives | tautologic, tautological | repetition of same sense in different words |
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