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Tautological

adjective

Repetition of same sense in different words. Synonyms: pleonastic, redundant, tautologic. "The phrase 'a beginner who has just started' is tautological" , "At the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition"

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... in no mood for talk; indeed, I scarcely ever am in such a mood, unless it be with a pretty woman or a great sinner. You may regard that sentence as tautological if you like; I sha'n't ...

— Under the Andes • Rex Stout

... prove. Now it is evidently an instance of the omission of either of two words from the complete account by different witnesses. The Evangelist employed both words in order to emphasize the gratitude of the Apostles. The words are not tautological. [Greek: Ainos] is the set praise of God, drawn out in more or less length, properly as offered in addresses to Him[621]. [Greek: Eulogia] includes all speaking well of Him, especially when uttered before other men. Thus the two expressions describe in combination ...

— The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels • John Burgon

... Cradock suggested the reading "rocky cove." Rocky cave is tautological, and Wordsworth would hardly apply the epithet to ...

— The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Vol. III • William Wordsworth

Words linked to "Tautological" : pleonastic, redundant, prolix, tautology, tautologic