English

Noun
en-noun|tautologies|-

1. context|linguistics|uncountable redundant use of words

#: It is tautology to say, "Forward Planning".

1. context|linguistics|countable An expression that features tautology.
2. context|logic|countable A statement that is true for all values of its variables

#: Given a Boolean A, "A OR (NOT A)" is a tautology.

Antonyms
i-c|linguistics: expression contradiction in terms
i-c|in logic contradiction

Translations

trans-top|uncountable: redundant use of words
Croatian: t-|hr|zalihost|f, t-|hr|redundancija|f
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trans-top|expression that features tautology
Chinese: ���輯, ���� (tào tào luó ji); 廢話, �� (fèi huà)
Croatian: t-|hr|tautologija|f
Dutch: t+|nl|tautologie|f
Finnish: tautologia, toisto
French: t+|fr|tautologie|f
German: t+|de|Tautologie|f
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Hungarian: t-|hu|tautológia
Italian: t-|it|tautologia|f
Spanish: t-|es|redundancia|f, t-|es|pleonasmo|m
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trans-top|in logic
Croatian: t-|hr|tautologija|f
Dutch: t+|nl|tautologie|f
Finnish: t-|fi|tautologia
French: t+|fr|tautologie|f
German: Tautologie f
trans-mid
Hungarian: t-|hu|tautológia
Spanish: t-|es|tautología|f
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Derived terms
tautological
tautologically
tautologise
tautologous
tautologously

See also
pleonasm
redundancy

External links
pedia|tautology

Category:Greek derivations

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