tautology
Noun
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A repetition of the same meaning in different words; needless repetition of an idea in different words or phrases; a representation of anything as the cause, condition, or consequence of itself, as in the following lines: --//The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers,/And heavily in clouds brings on the day. Addison.
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To create man was a quaint and original idea, but to add the sheep was tautology.
In his opinion, neither justice nor mercy were very closely related to love, let alone being identical with it-otherwise, why have three words instead of one? A metaphor is not a tautology.
Once the last trace of emotion has been eradicated, nothing remains of thought but absolute tautology.
Being both entrepreneurial and social is no longer an oxymoron, but rather a tautology.
A good poem is a tautology. It expands one word by adding a number which clarify it, thus making a new word which has never before been spoken. The seed-word is always so ordinary that hardly anyone perceives it. Classical odes grow from and or because, romantic lyrics from but or if.
All journalism is investigative to a greater or lesser extent, but investigative journalism – though it is a bit of a tautology – is that because it requires more, it's where the investigative element is more pronounced.