单词	tautological
释义	tautological adjective tau·​to·​log·​i·​cal ˌtȯ-tə-ˈlä-ji-kəl  1 : involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant 2 : true by virtue of its logical form alone tautologically ˌtȯ-tə-ˈlä-ji-k(ə-)lē  adverb Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Since those programs can go bankrupt only if Congress connives for that to happen, this is a curiously tautological mandate. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2022 Limiting social media may seem impossible, or tautological. Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2021 In obesity research, this tautological logic — saying the same thing in two different ways but offering no explanation for either — was allowed to become the central dogmatic truth. Gary Taubes, STAT, 16 Sep. 2021 Another of the remarkable aspects of this history is that the fundamentally tautological nature of energy-balance thinking has been so infrequently discussed. Gary Taubes, STAT, 16 Sep. 2021 Begging the question actually means posing or answering a question in a circular or tautological manner; your conclusion is foregone. John Horgan, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2021 The formula is plain-spoken but also evasive; its tautological aspect works to push the details of the subject under discussion into the background. Mattathias Schwartz, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2020 No one bothered to explain whether the campaign was hosting the local grassroots organization, or vice versa, because the question is mostly tautological. Alexander Zaitchik, The New Republic, 7 Feb. 2020 His work is simply there, looming, draining, tautological. Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2019 See More Word History First Known Use 1620, in the meaning defined at sense 1 tautological adjective as in tautologous Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance tautologous redundant repetitious periphrastic exaggerated communicative loquacious voluble gaseous embellished talkative talky gabby embroidered pleonastic conversational circumlocutory bombastic prolix grandiloquent verbose gassy diffuse chatty hifalutin circuitous wordy rambling long-winded logorrheic highfalutin garrulous windy Antonyms & Near Antonyms succinct pithy concise terse compact aphoristic epigrammatic sententious short brief crisp summary compendious laconic blunt condensed abbreviated brusque abrupt abridged curt shortened snippy brusk See More
随便看	incertainly incertainty incertitude incertitudes incessancies incessancy incessant incessantly incessantness incessantnesses incession incest incests incestuous incestuously incestuousness gaolbreaks gaoled gaoler gaolers gaoling gaols gaon gaonate gaonic

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