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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tautological \Tau`to*log"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. tautologique.]
Involving tautology; having the same signification; as
tautological expression. -- {Tau`to*log"ic*al*ly}, adv
{Tautological echo}, an echo that repeats the same sound or
syllable many times.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
tautological
adj : repetition of same sense in different words "`a true fact'
and `a free gift' are pleonastic expressions"; "the
phrase `a beginner who has just started' is
tautological"; "at the risk of being redundant I return
to my original proposition"- J.B.Conant [syn: {pleonastic},
{redundant}, {tautologic}]
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