Associations to the word «Tautological»
Noun
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Wiktionary
TAUTOLOGICAL, adjective. Of, relating to, or using tautology
TAUTOLOGICAL, adjective. Using repetition or excessive wordiness; pleonastic or circumlocutionary
Dictionary definition
TAUTOLOGICAL, adjective. Repetition of same sense in different words; "`a true fact' and `a free gift' are pleonastic expressions"; "the phrase `a beginner who has just started' is tautological"; "at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition"- J.B.Conant.
Wise words
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.