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tautological

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1. tautological - Adjective

2. tautological - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Involving tautology; having the same signification; as, tautological expression.

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There is also a reasonable tolerance: reason tolerates the reasonable. It is, however, almost tautological to call this 'tolerance' any longer, as it becomes a matter of course. Friedrich Dürrenmatt

Matter can be conveniently divided for descriptive purposes into space, time, mass, and energy. However we can only describe any one of these phenomena in terms of the other three. Any definitions we care to make about matter are thus tautological. Peter J. Carroll

`a true fact' and `a free gift' are pleonastic expressions Source: Internet

the phrase `a beginner who has just started' is tautological Source: Internet

at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition Source: Internet

Faber & Faber ISBN 0-571-23217-5 Character of anthropic reasoning Carter chose to focus on a tautological aspect of his ideas, which has resulted in much confusion. Source: Internet

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