tautology
Example Sentences
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On one level, this is a fairly ridiculous tautology.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2024
The anthropic principle is a tautology masquerading as a truth, but it has proved remarkably resilient.
From Scientific American • Sep. 27, 2021
A: “Family is family” isn’t really an argument so much as a tautology.
From Slate • Jul. 21, 2020
To describe as doomed a love that begins in 1938 between two European women is to risk tautology.
From New York Times • May 19, 2020
“That’s not exactly a tautology, but it is funny. You have a singular wit.”
From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
