as in repetition
a statement in which you repeat a word, idea, etc., in a way that is not necessary
"A beginner who has just started" is a tautology.
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Recent Examples of tautology
Sadaf spouts a tautology — faith as faith — that also holds for patriotism.
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Armond White, National Review, 22 Jan. 2025
Yes, a win is a win, but tautologies aside, for the Niners, a win with Purdy playing like one of the finest quarterbacks in the NFL on Sunday would speak volumes.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
In this tautology, the act of spending is proof that the spending is justified.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2024
The goal was to market something in every category, which led to the occasional tautology.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 22 Aug. 2024
In other words, the industry is asking the world to engage in something like a trillion-dollar tautology: AI’s world-transformative potential justifies spending any amount of resources, because its evangelists will spend any amount to make AI transform the world.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 29 July 2024
In his world view, doomed romanticism isn’t an oxymoron but a tautology: to experience love deep within one’s bones comes at the cost of one’s earthly comforts and worldly aspirations, even one’s life.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2024
At first, the subjective theory might be misunderstood as a tautology – market goods are worth what people will pay for them.
—Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
Too often, analysts of these anticorruption drives fall into a tautology, assuming that anyone purged for graft by an autocrat must have been an enemy of the autocrat to begin with—otherwise, why would they have been purged?
—Andrew Leber, Foreign Affairs, 15 Nov. 2017
Armond White, National Review, 22 Jan. 2025
Yes, a win is a win, but tautologies aside, for the Niners, a win with Purdy playing like one of the finest quarterbacks in the NFL on Sunday would speak volumes.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
In this tautology, the act of spending is proof that the spending is justified.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2024
The goal was to market something in every category, which led to the occasional tautology.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 22 Aug. 2024
In other words, the industry is asking the world to engage in something like a trillion-dollar tautology: AI’s world-transformative potential justifies spending any amount of resources, because its evangelists will spend any amount to make AI transform the world.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 29 July 2024
In his world view, doomed romanticism isn’t an oxymoron but a tautology: to experience love deep within one’s bones comes at the cost of one’s earthly comforts and worldly aspirations, even one’s life.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2024
At first, the subjective theory might be misunderstood as a tautology – market goods are worth what people will pay for them.
—Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
Too often, analysts of these anticorruption drives fall into a tautology, assuming that anyone purged for graft by an autocrat must have been an enemy of the autocrat to begin with—otherwise, why would they have been purged?
—Andrew Leber, Foreign Affairs, 15 Nov. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tautology
Noun
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Nutkins said that a few repetitions in a session can help.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
25 Feb. 2025
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Setting expectations can boost engagement and retention. Point 2: Highlight the value of repetition.—
Michel Koopman,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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But Trump has a way of using exaggeration and hyperbole to shift diplomatic paradigms.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
23 Feb. 2025
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For the team-up, Cara was partnered with creatives like Maris Jones, Gaia Maria and her brother Dario Caracciolo to make an album trailer and behind-the-scenes visuals that best represent the feelings of love, hyperbole and, of course, the album itself.—
Brenton Blanchet,
People.com,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Knowing which data is necessary to create a complete profile for regulatory purposes improves the speed of data collection and approval while protecting against redundancies.—
Alex Ford,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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Harrison says the hefty price tag is largely due to the aircraft’s unique technical specifications and extreme redundancies required to keep it secure.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Tautology.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tautology. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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