| 释义 |
tautologism rare.|tɔːˈtɒlədʒɪz(ə)m|
[f. tautologize: see -ism.]
The use or practice of tautology; an instance of this. Used by Farrar spec. for the combination of two synonymous words or syllables for the sake of precise expression of the meaning, as in Chinese.
1815Sporting Mag. XLVI. 117 Hard and callous, form a tautologism. 1816Bentham Chrestom. 293 The reproach of tautologism,—incurred..by the observation. 1869Farrar Fam. Speech iv. (1873) 122 This chaos [of homonyms in Chinese]..is reduced to order and meaning..partly by what may be called tautologism, i.e. by using a second synonym to define the word which is vague; in point of fact, by making two vague words into one definite word. |