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English noun: tautology | |||
| 1. | tautology (communication) (logic) a statement that is necessarily true | ||
| Samples | The statement `he is brave or he is not brave' is a tautology. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | true statement, truth | ||
| Domain category | logic | ||
| 2. | tautology (communication) useless repetition | ||
| Samples | To say that something is `adequate enough' is a tautology. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | repetitiousness, repetitiveness | ||
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