Tautology

Word TAUTOLOGY
Character 9
Hyphenation tau tol o gy
Pronunciations /tɔˈtɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/

Definitions and meanings of "Tautology"

What do we mean by tautology?

Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy. noun

An instance of such repetition. noun

An empty or vacuous statement composed of simpler statements in a fashion that makes it logically true whether the simpler statements are factually true or false; for example, the statement Either it will rain tomorrow or it will not rain tomorrow. noun

Repetition of the same word, or use of several words conveying the same idea, in the same immediate context. See dilogy. noun

The repetition of the same thing in different words; the useless repetition of the same idea or meaning: as, “they did it successively one after the other”; “both simultaneously made their appearance at one and the same time.” noun

Synonyms Redundancy, etc. See pleonasm. noun

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. noun

Redundant use of words noun

An expression that features tautology. noun

A statement that is true for all values of its variables noun

(logic) a statement that is necessarily true noun

Useless repetition noun

Redundant use of words, a pleonasm, an unnecessary and tedious repetition.

An expression that features tautology.

In propositional logic: a statement that is true for all truth values of its propositional variables. In first-order logic: a statement that is true for all truth values of its Boolean atoms.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Tautology

The word "tautology" in example sentences

This is the logical notion of tautology, which is very different from the way the term tautology is used in stylistics ❋ DC (2009)

Digital download? isnt that what they call a tautology? ❋ Unknown (2009)

It's only a tautology is you pretend life and niches don't have distinguishable properties and that a niche can't be populated. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And to say so is not to engage in tautology, which I think you were referring to, Andrew, when you made that remark about philosophy classes. ❋ Unknown (2008)

They argue that it is not a genuine claim about the real world but merely a truism, what philosophers call a tautology ” something true by the meaning of the words like ˜bachelors are unmarried.™ ❋ Ruse, Michael (2007)

Cato - Its an absolute certainty that your close scrutiny revealed a tautology, which is an added bonus. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2009)

Homer Nods We erred yesterday in characterizing as a tautology the statement that if obese people outnumber the merely overweight, they must also outweigh them. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Will someone please explain to Egnor that a tautology is a kind of statement, not a kind of concept? ❋ Unknown (2007)

That is not a tautology, that is just being confused and contradictary ❋ Unknown (2007)

A tautology is a logical fact, one that is independent of any empirical observation. ❋ Unknown (2007)

We should likewise be aware of tautology, which is a repetition of the same word or thought, or the use of many similar words or thoughts. ❋ Grenville Kleiser (1910)

Kevin then turns his attention to tautology, which is now a media-wide epidemic. logout ❋ Unknown (2010)

"Note to subs" (sub-editors), it said: "In the isiZulu culture, married or adult women whose surnames begin with 'Ma' automatically inherit the prefix 'Ka' instead of 'Ma' to avoid tautology, which is why Ms. Madiba-Zuma is not referred to as 'MaMadiba'." ❋ Unknown (2010)

Well I certainly hope you are not an arts student nor a graduate for that matter, as a tautology is a repetition of meaning, ie saying the same thing twice, whereas an oxymoron is a phrase conveying contradictory meanings. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Oh, and 'tautology' or 'tautological' is used in two other places in that piece. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The problem is that the word 'tautology' has a pejorative meaning. ❋ DC (2009)

Now I could defend high modernism from your 'modern art is meaningless and something meaningless isn't art' tautology, meaningless according to whom, kemo sabe? ❋ Ann Althouse (2007)

I think you need to look up the word 'tautology' in a dictionary, Iain. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Roberts spouted a tautology which is uninformative. ❋ Unknown (2007)

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