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 are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.