Antonyms for tautologies

Grammar : Noun

Spell : taw-tol-uh-jee

Phonetic Transcription : tɔˈtɒl ə dʒi

Definition of tautologies

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 :

The fixed, impregnable, socalled apodictical facts are nothing but tautologies, if seen at close range.
Extract from : « The Positive Outcome of Philosophy » by Joseph Dietzgen

Pure logic could never lead us to anything but tautologies; it could create nothing new; not from it alone can any science issue.
Extract from : « The Foundations of Science: Science and Hypothesis, The Value of Science, Science and Method » by Henri Poincar

Sir William Temple's stile, tho easy and flowing, is too diffuse: Every page of his abounds with tautologies.
Extract from : « Dissertation on the English Language » by Noah Webster, Jr.

Synonyms for tautologies

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