Tautology
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /tɔˈtɒləd͡ʒi/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tautology is a noun meaning (uncountable, rhetoric) Redundant use of words, a pleonasm, an unnecessary and tedious repetition.
Meaning
(uncountable, rhetoric) Redundant use of words, a pleonasm, an unnecessary and tedious repetition.
More Meanings
- (countable, rhetoric) An expression that features tautology.
- (countable, logic, propositional logic) A statement that is true for all truth values of its propositional variables.
- (countable, logic, first-order logic) A statement that is true for all truth values of its Boolean atoms.
Example Sentences
It is tautology to say, "Forward Planning".
Pure mathematics consists of tautologies, analogous to ‘men are men’, but usually more complicated.
The expression "raze to the ground" is a tautology, since the word "raze" includes the notion "to the ground".
Word Forms
- tautologies
Antonyms for tautology
Common opposites include contradiction, oxymoron.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pleonasm, perissology, pleonast, circumlocution, synathroesmus, polyptoton.
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