Associations to the word «Tautology»

Wiktionary

TAUTOLOGY, noun. (uncountable) Redundant use of words.
TAUTOLOGY, noun. (countable) An expression that features tautology.
TAUTOLOGY, noun. (countable) (logic) A statement that is true for all values of its variables.

Dictionary definition

TAUTOLOGY, noun. (logic) a statement that is necessarily true; "the statement `he is brave or he is not brave' is a tautology".
TAUTOLOGY, noun. Useless repetition; "to say that something is `adequate enough' is a tautology".

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke