tautology
noun
needless repetition of an idea, especially in words other than those of the immediate context, without imparting additional force or clearness, as in “widow woman.”
tautologies
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pluralof tautology.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Too true, in the way that tautologies always are: Anti-Jewish hatred is indeed antisemitism.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2024
To quote one of my favorite tautologies, from David Mamet’s “Heist”: “Everybody wants money. That’s why they call it money.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2017
Anyone with a rudimentary grasp of rhetoric and logic who reads The Food Babe Way will be overwhelmed by tautologies, fallacies, non-sequiturs, and false dichotomies.
From Slate ● Apr. 21, 2015
There are no real generalities that can be made about a group of 50,000 people that are not tautologies.
From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2012
“Are you going to bore me with your tautologies all day or are you going to actually say something?”
From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie
