Tautology

Definition

tautology /tↄ:'tɒlǝdʒi/ n [U, C] ~ (on sth) မလိုအပ္ဘဲ စကား ပရိယာယ္ဖြာျခင္း။ tautological / ' tↄ:tǝ'lɒdʒÇ- kl/, tautologous /tↄ:'tɒlǝgǝs/ adjs v

Examples

1. ‘It is conceivable that the key to truth lies in tautology and redundancy.’
2. ‘Julian concurred that evenings set aside for communication with ‘dead angels’ (I'm sure there's some tautology in there) were right up his street and he couldn't believe he'd missed it.’
3. ‘Redundancy and tautology are undesirable
4. and a sign of less than careful writing.’
5. ‘But really
6. spinning out some kind of clever model to illustrate that idea is unnecessary tautology: I can say it in just a few simple words.’
7. ‘The footpath outside the front of our house is flanked on both sides (is that tautology?) with low bushes.’
8. ‘Incidentally
9. white jasmine is a tautology in the Indian context.’
10. ‘But then
11. Coward himself was less refined than he thought: ‘The general consensus of opinion
12. ’ he has Hugo say
13. two tautologies in a mere five words.’
14. ‘Note the tautology in the first sentence
15. the feeble attempt at punnery.’
16. ‘I'm not saying he is a sloppy reviewer
17. because the phrase ‘sloppy reviewer’ is a tautology when it comes to the press.’
18. ‘This coinage has often provoked the accusation that nothing is really being asserted in the argument for natural selection: since fitness can only be defined by survival the phrase is a tautology.’
19. ‘It doesn't affect the validity of the statement
20. so you can include it without destroying your tautology.’
21. ‘The past
22. in effect
23. is a tautology; it is true by virtue of its logical form alone.’
24. ‘Tautologies are statements true by definition and so are quite incapable of empirical refutation or prediction (insofar as a prediction in science must be empirically falsifiable).’
25. ‘Some authors treated the quantity theory as a matter of causal relation and explanation
26. often differing as to the content and direction of explanation
27. whereas others saw it as a truism
28. identity or tautology.’