tautological tautologous
1tautologous — tautological UK [ˌtɔːtəˈlɒdʒɪk(ə)l] / US [ˌtɔtəˈlɑdʒɪk(ə)l] or tautologous UK [tɔːˈtɒləɡəs] / US [tɔˈtɑləɡəs] adjective linguistics a tautological statement, sentence etc repeats its meaning in an unnecessary way by using different words to say… …
2tautological — UK [ˌtɔːtəˈlɒdʒɪk(ə)l] / US [ˌtɔtəˈlɑdʒɪk(ə)l] or tautologous UK [tɔːˈtɒləɡəs] / US [tɔˈtɑləɡəs] adjective linguistics a tautological statement, sentence etc repeats its meaning in an unnecessary way by using different words to say the same thing …
3Tautologous — Tau*tol o*gous, a. [Gr. ?; ?, for ? ? the same + ? to speak.] Repeating the same thing in different words; tautological. [R.] Tooke. [1913 Webster] …
4tautologous — [tô täl′ə gəs] adj. 1. TAUTOLOGICAL 2. ANALYTIC (sense 5) tautologously adv. * * * …
5tautologous — [tô täl′ə gəs] adj. 1. TAUTOLOGICAL 2. ANALYTIC (sense 5) tautologously adv …
6tautologous — tautology ► NOUN (pl. tautologies) ▪ the saying of the same thing over again in different words, considered as a fault of style (e.g. they arrived one after the other in succession). DERIVATIVES tautological adjective tautologous adjective.… …
7tautological — tautology ► NOUN (pl. tautologies) ▪ the saying of the same thing over again in different words, considered as a fault of style (e.g. they arrived one after the other in succession). DERIVATIVES tautological adjective tautologous adjective.… …
8tautological — adjective Date: 1620 tautologous • tautologically adverb …
9tautologous — adjective Pertaining to a tautology; tautological …
10tautologous — Synonyms and related words: abundant, battological, copious, de trop, diffuse, diffusive, dispensable, duplicative, echoic, echoing, effusive, excess, expendable, expletive, extravagant, exuberant, fecund, formless, gratuitous, gushing, gushy,… …
