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Meanings of tautology in inglés

portugués
tautologia
español
tautología

Common rule of replacement in propositional logic.

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tautología
ruso
тавтология
portugués
tautologia
español
tautología
catalán
tautologia

Statement which repeats the same idea, using near-synonymous morphemes, words, or phrases.

Related terms
tautología
Usage of tautology in inglés
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He utterly despised the avoidance of repetitions out of fear of tautology.
My Mark Twain (from Literary Friends and Acquaintance)
2
No tautology is to be found and no attempt at ornate expression.
The Constitution of the United States / A Brief Study of the Gen...
3
But they are by no means tautology or useless and aimless repetition.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. Mark
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Necessity is the mother of all necessary things, to coin a tautology.
The Vital Abyss
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Is that heaping together of synonyms or all but synonyms, mere tautology?
Expositions of Holy Scripture / Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter...
6
Is it a tautology, or are the two terms very different?
The Irish Times
7
There is scarcely any harm in curtailing the frequent tautology of this chapter.
Iranian Influence on Moslem Literature, Part I
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Indeed, one overruns the line of tautology in distinguishing between wealth and power.
Great Fortunes from Railroads
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The highest message of Mahomet is a piece of divine tautology.
The New Jerusalem
10
Another quality in which modern are superior to ancient languages is freedom from tautology.
Cratylus
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The battles of the ocean have the same sublime tautology as the combats of Homer.
The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
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The following extract exhibits examples of tautology and lengthiness.
How to Write Clearly: Rules and Exercises on English Composition
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These days, the construction "political correctness gone mad" is something of a tautology.
The Irish Times
14
Others claim the anthropic principle is an irritating tautology and not a scientific principle at all.
The Irish Times
15
In a way, that is almost a tautology.
The Guardian
16
The copiousness of her vocabulary of abuse surprised herself, and she did not shrink from tautology.
Bred in the Bone; Or, Like Father, Like Son: A Novel
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Tautology through the time
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