tautology
/tɔːˈtɒləd͡ʒi/
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Australia/toːˈtɔləd͡ʒi/
tautology noun: redundant use of words, a pleonasm, an unnecessary and tedious repetition.
Noun
tautology (countable and uncountable, plural tautologies)
- Redundant use of words, a pleonasm, an unnecessary and tedious repetition.
- It is tautology to say, "Forward Planning".
- An expression that features tautology.
- 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.1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy
- A statement that is true for all truth values of its propositional variables.
- A statement that is true for all truth values of its Boolean atoms.
tautology meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
tautology in Tamil
- ஒரு பொருட் கிளவி, ஒருபொருட்பன்மொழி, கூறியதுகூறல், பலகால்விளம்பல், மீதுரை, மீமிசைச்சொல்
tautology in Urdu
- تکرار معنی, تکرار پسندی
tautology in Malayalam
- പുനരുക്തി, അനാവശ്യമായ ആവർത്തനപ്രയോഗം, പറഞ്ഞതുതന്നെ പറയൽ
tautology in Kannada
- ಬೇಡದ ಇನ್ನುಡಿಹ, ಪುನರುಕ್ತಿ, ತಲೆಶಿರೋಭಾರ ಪ್ರಯೋಗ, ಚರ್ವಿತ ಚರ್ವಣ, ಅನುಲಾಪ
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- tautology in Tagalog
- pagpapaliguy-ligoy
Antonyms of tautology
Forms of tautology
| plural | tautologies |
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Origin of tautology
From Late Latin tautologia, from Ancient Greek ταὐτολογία (tautología) from ταὐτός (tautós, “the same”) + λόγος (lógos, “explanation”). By surface analysis, tauto- + -logy.
Words formed from tautology
Words that rhyme with tautology
- homology
- topology
- technology
- mythology
- ontology
- theology
- typology
- aetiology
- anthology
- archaeology
- biology
- buttonology
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- etymology
- pathology
- phraseology
- psychology
- scatology
- apology
- cosmology
- cryptology
- ecology
- neurology
- teleology
- aerology
- anthropology
- arcology
- Christology
- cohomology
- cosmetology
- cytology
- deontology
- epistemology
- eschatology
- ethology
- eucology
- geology
- gerontology
- graphology
- haplology
- heterology
- hydrology
- ideology
- lepidopterology
- oology
- phonology
- radiology
- tricknology
- xenobiology
- zoology
- zymology
- acanthology
- acarology
- accidentology
- acology
- acridology
- actinology
- aeromycology
- alcohology
- appropriate technology
- archaeopalynology
Questions about tautology
- What does tautology mean?
- Tautology means redundant use of words, a pleonasm, an unnecessary and tedious repetition.
- What is tautology in Tamil?
- Tautology in Tamil is ஒரு பொருட் கிளவி, ஒருபொருட்பன்மொழி, கூறியதுகூறல். See Tautology meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is tautology?
- Tautology is a noun.
- How do you pronounce tautology?
- Tautology is pronounced /tɔːˈtɒləd͡ʒi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of tautology?
- The plural of tautology is tautologies.
Words near tautology in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tautology (page history and authors); Tautology (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tautology (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tautology (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tautology (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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