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Meanings of tautological in English

Repetition of same sense in different words.

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Usage of tautological in English
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In the opinion of Schoolmaster Grimshaw, such treatment seemed almost tautological.
The Queen of Sheba, and My Cousin the Colonel
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In truth, the statement that substance is permanent, is tautological.
The Critique of Pure Reason
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Who shall say that the tautological sentiments of Mr.
The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield
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You may regard that sentence as tautological if you like; I sha'n't quarrel about it.
Under the Andes
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NM Euro 2000 was the last great international tournament; that may seem tautological, but it's not.
The Guardian
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We will now translate another poem (carefully preserving all the tautological phraseology), a hymn
The Religions of India / Handbooks on the History of Religions, ...
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This one is the most familiar (and, as an explanation of middle-class decline, arguably tautological).
NY Magazine
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I never copy what I write to you, so I may be often tautological, or perhaps contradictory.
The Letters of Robert Burns
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Conventional women-butwas not the phrase tautological?
Born in Exile
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They cannot be mere assertion of what everybody knew; neither can their repetition of similar negations be tautological.
Unspoken Sermons, Series I., II., and III.
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That's a tautological statement, I'd say.
Grand junction
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Yet, resorting to memory to define identity may appear to be a circular (even tautological) argument.
Moral Deliberations in Modern Cinema
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Likewise," continued the most tautological of monarchs, "I was much pleased that it should be done.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 06: 1560-61
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This odd, tautological stipulation bewildered everyone.
The Irish Times
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This creed is also tautological, and, if not persecuting, which I will not discuss, certainly containing harsh and ill-conceived language.
Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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The repetition of the "you" is emphatic, not tautological, and is demanded by the whole meaning of the passage.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 / A Maga...
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