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TAUTOLOGY

Tautology has at least three distinct meanings:

  • Tautology (logic), a statement true by virtue of its logical form.
  • Tautology (rhetoric), use of redundant language that adds no information.
  • Tautology, needless repetition of an idea, statement, or word.
  • Truism, an assertion that is so obvious as to add nothing to a discussion.