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Meaning of tautology

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

tautology

Pronunciation:/tɔˈtɒl.ə.d͡ʒi//tɔˈtɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/

noun

Definitions

  1. Redundant use of words, a pleonasm, an unnecessary and tedious repetition.

    Example: It is tautology to say, "Forward Planning".

  2. An expression that features tautology.

  3. In propositional logic: a statement that is true for all truth values of its propositional variables. In first-order logic: a statement that is true for all truth values of its Boolean atoms.