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TAUTOLOGICAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tautological mean?
• TAUTOLOGICAL (adjective)
The adjective TAUTOLOGICAL has 1 sense:
1. repetition of same sense in different words
Familiarity information: TAUTOLOGICAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Repetition of same sense in different words
Synonyms:
pleonastic; redundant; tautologic; tautological
Context example:
at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition
Similar:
prolix (tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length)
Derivation:
tautology (useless repetition)
tautology ((logic) a statement that is necessarily true)
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