Meaning & use
Tautologous
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Saying the same thing twice in different words, especially in a way that is redundant or uninformative.
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The phrase 'free gift' is often criticized as tautologous, since gifts are free by definition.
His tautologous argument simply restated the conclusion as one of its own premises.
A note on using this word
In logic, a tautologous statement is one that is true by virtue of its structure alone, such as 'it will rain or it will not rain.'
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