tautological

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Attempting to define this unique, curvilinear object is a tautological exercise.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2022

“In fact, the genre people call self-help literature sounds tautological to me; I read all literature as self-help.”

From New York Times • Aug. 18, 2021

She cheesily attempted to brand the disruptions as “getting Loomered,” which seemed tautological: She was doing these things to herself.

From Slate • Aug. 19, 2020

And this is how blue whale has become trapped within a tautological circle of specialization: it needs to be big enough in order to eat enough to be big.

From Scientific American • Jul. 31, 2020

When the choir of two-fisted tenors on the record were “proud to bear the title” Colonel Meecham entered the room slapping the swagger stick in a steady, tautological rhythm that seemed ominous, even predatory.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy