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Meaning of Tautology | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
toːˈtɔl.ə.d͡ʒi

Definitions

  1. Redundant use of words, a pleonasm, an unnecessary and tedious repetition.
    uncountable
  2. An expression that features tautology.
    countable
  3. A statement that is true for all truth values of its propositional variables.
    countable
  4. A statement that is true for all truth values of its Boolean atoms.
    countable

Equivalents

العربية الحشو
Български повторение
Bosanski tautologija таутологија
Català tautologia
Čeština tautologie
Dansk tautologi
Deutsch Pleonasmus Tautologie
Ελληνικά πλεονασμός ταυτολογία
Español pleonasmo redundancia tautología
Suomi tautologia toisto
Français lapalissade pléonasme tautologie truisme
Gàidhlig ath-bhriathrachas
Hrvatski tautologija таутологија
Magyar tautológia
Italiano tautologia
日本語 トートロジー 同語反復 恒真式
Македонски тавтологија
Nederlands tautologie
Polski masło maślane pleonazm tautologia
Português pleonasmo redundância tautologia
Română tautologie
Русский тавтология
Српски tautologija таутологија
Svenska tautologi
Türkçe totoloji
Українська тавтологія
中文 套套逻辑 套套邏輯 /套套逻辑 废话 廢話 /废话

Examples

“It is tautology to say, "Forward Planning".”
“The expression "raze to the ground" is a tautology, since the word "raze" includes the notion "to the ground".”
“Pure mathematics consists of tautologies, analogous to ‘men are men’, but usually more complicated.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

tautomer tautomerase tautomerism tautomerization tautomery tautometer

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