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tautological Definition

tau·to·logi·cal (tôt′ə läji kəl)

adjective

of, involving, or using tautology

tautological Related Forms
tau′·to·logi·cally adverb
tautological Synonyms

tautological

modif.

tautological Usage Examples

Infinitive complement

  • suggest: It may seem tautological to suggest that getting money to poor people is the solution to poverty.

Used with adjective complement

  • seem: It may seem tautological to suggest that getting money to poor people is the solution to poverty.

Modifying Another Word

  • almost: This is so obvious as to be almost tautological.
  • rather: So, ' to chop and change ' is rather tautological as it just means ' change and change ' .

Modifies a noun

  • reasoning: There is more than a hint of tautological reasoning in this statement.
  • sense: Categories of this kind are clearly not based on similarity, except in a tautological sense.
  • statement: As a tautological statement it can not be used as an argument.

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