tautology
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /tɔˈtɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/
  • (GA) IPA: /tɔˈtɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/
Noun

tautology

  1. (uncountable) Redundant use of words, a pleonasm, an unnecessary and tedious repetition.
    It is tautology to say, "Forward Planning".
  2. (countable) An expression that features tautology.
    The expression "raze to the ground" is a tautology, since the word "raze" includes the notion "to the ground".
  3. (countable, logic) 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.
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