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

More wisdom is latent in things as they are than in all the words men use.
Antoine De Saint-Exupery