adj
Meaning 1
Of, relating to, or using tautology.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
tautological
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adj
Meaning 2
Using repetition or excessive wordiness; pleonastic or circumlocutionary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
repetition of same sense in different words- J.B.Conant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- `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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pleonastic, redundant, tautologic
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From tautology + -ical.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Asturian: tautolóxicu — of, relating to, or using tautology
- Belarusian: таўталагі́чны (tawtalahíčny) — of, relating to, or using tautology
- Catalan: tautològic — of, relating to, or using tautology
- Czech: tautologický — of, relating to, or using tautology
- Finnish: tautologinen — of, relating to, or using tautology
- French: tautologique — of, relating to, or using tautology
- Galician: tautolóxico — of, relating to, or using tautology
- German: tautologisch — of, relating to, or using tautology
- German: doppelt gemoppelt — of, relating to, or using tautology
- German: redundant — of, relating to, or using tautology
- Icelandic: sísannur — of, relating to, or using tautology
- Italian: tautologico — of, relating to, or using tautology
- Polish: tautologiczny — of, relating to, or using tautology
- Portuguese: tautológico — of, relating to, or using tautology
- Romanian: tautologic — of, relating to, or using tautology
- Russian: тавтологи́ческий (tavtologíčeskij) — of, relating to, or using tautology
- Russian: тавтологи́чный (tavtologíčnyj) — of, relating to, or using tautology
- Scottish Gaelic: ath-bhriathrach — of, relating to, or using tautology
- Spanish: tautológico — of, relating to, or using tautology
- Ukrainian: тавтологі́чний (tavtolohíčnyj) — of, relating to, or using tautology