Synonyms for tautology

Grammar : Noun

Spell : taw-tol-uh-jee

Phonetic Transcription : tɔˈtɒl ə dʒi

Top 10 synonyms for tautology

Other synonyms for the word tautology

Définition of tautology

Origin : 1570s, from Late Latin tautologia "representation of the same thing," from Greek tautologia, from tautologos "repeating what has been said," from tauto "the same" + -logos "saying," related to legein "to say" (see lecture (n.)).

As in repetition : noun duplication; doing again
As in verbiage : noun repetition, wordiness
As in redundancy : noun verbosity
As in wordiness : noun verbosity
As in redundancy : noun repetition
As in wordiness : noun excessive in language
As in circumlocution : noun indirect speech
As in pleonasm : noun wordiness
As in prolixity : noun wordiness
As in verboseness : noun wordiness

Example sentences :

So with them it would be tautology to say Kimbundu language.
Extract from : « Stanley in Africa » by James P. Boyd

Let this excuse what may, at times, appear to be a repetition or a tautology.
Extract from : « Beadle's Dime Book of Practical Etiquette for Ladies and Gentlemen » by anonymous

The milk pails were on the fence twice, Lady Blue, that is tautology.
Extract from : « Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline » by Jennie M. Drinkwater

Tautology is to be avoided by all who make any pretence to grammar.
Extract from : « New Word-Analysis » by William Swinton

If he had laboured with no other defect, had he the gift of tautology?
Extract from : « The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey--Vol. 1 » by Thomas de Quincey

And somebody says, 'Yes, that is tautology, that is saying the same thing twice over in different language.'
Extract from : « Expositions of Holy Scripture » by Alexander Maclaren

Wraxall panegyrizes him, and yet with a tautology of terms, which must have been the very reverse of Dunning's style.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 » by Various

He doth likewise the same thing, is a tautology characteristic of the writer: il fet meismes ceste chose, F.
Extract from : « Selections from Early Middle English 1130-1250: Part II: Notes » by Various

There is certainly a great deal of verbiage and tautology about them.
Extract from : « Personal Memoirs Of A Residence Of Thirty Years With The Indian Tribes On The American Frontiers » by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

Suppose that, instead of aiming at a seeming refutation, the Sophist tries to convict the respondent of Tautology.
Extract from : « Aristotle » by George Grote

Antonyms for tautology

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