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tautology

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9 lettersPronunciation /tɔˈtɒləd͡ʒi/Part of speech nounSorted agloottuyStarts with TEnds with Y0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. useless and pointless repetition

Word origin

From Late Latin tautologia, from Ancient Greek ταὐτολογία (tautología) from ταὐτός (tautós, “the same”) + λόγος (lógos, “explanation”). By surface analysis, tauto- + -logy.

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  • It is tautology to say, "Forward Planning".
  • 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.

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