tautological
adjective
(of a phrase) needlessly repetitive without adding information or clarity.
tautologous
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a variation of
tautological.
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a word derived from
tautology.
tautologynounneedless repetition of an idea, especially in words other than those of the immediate context, without imparting additional force or clearness, as in “widow woman.”
Example Sentences
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And it has, in the course of that educational process, occurred to me that it does border on tautologous.
From New York Times ● Jul. 23, 2021
“Royal regalia” is therefore tautologous, and “the regalia of a bishop” is contradictory.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 5, 2017
As he argued, the term "comic novel" should be acknowledged as tautologous.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 15, 2010
The author repeats himself, achieving a sort of tautologous stammer: "What would prove to be decisive in her decision," or the "hearing would not be heard for at least another hour."
From Time Magazine Archive
But I think that, when collating my experiences and putting them into six-shilling form, I should delete some of the tautologous references to the past which are one of the stern necessities of serial publication.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 15, 1914 by Various
