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

Begging the question actually means posing or answering a question in a circular or tautological manner; your conclusion is foregone.

From Scientific American • Aug. 7, 2021

FINA’s argument that, to its “best knowledge, the athletes competing at such international events never used,” nor required, “caps of such size and configuration” is infuriatingly tautological.

From Washington Post • Jul. 3, 2021

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