| 单词 | tautology |
| 释义 | tautology[ taw-tol-uh-jee ] / tɔˈtɒl ə dʒi / SEE SYNONYMS FOR tautology ON THESAURUS.COM noun, plural tau·tol·o·gies.needless repetition of an idea, especially in words other than those of the immediate context, without imparting additional force or clearness, as in “widow woman.” an instance of such repetition. Logic.
Origin of tautologyFirst recorded in 1570–80; from Late Latin tautologia, from Greek tautología “repetition of something already said” (a term in rhetoric); see origin at tauto-, -logy OTHER WORDS FROM tautologyWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH tautologyredundancy, tautologyWords nearby tautologytauten, tauto-, tautog, tautologism, tautologize, tautology, tautomer, tautomeric fiber, tautomerism, tautomerize, tautonym Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tautologyBritish Dictionary definitions for tautologytautology / (tɔːˈtɒlədʒɪ) / noun plural -giesthe use of words that merely repeat elements of the meaning already conveyed, as in the sentence Will these supplies be adequate enough? in place of Will these supplies be adequate? logic a statement that is always true, esp a truth-functional expression that takes the value true for all combinations of values of its components, as in either the sun is out or the sun is not outCompare inconsistency (def. 3), contingency (def. 5) Derived forms of tautologytautological (ˌtɔːtəˈlɒdʒɪkəl), tautologic or tautologous, adjectivetautologically or tautologously, adverbWord Origin for tautologyC16: from Late Latin tautologia, from Greek, from tautologos Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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