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单词 tautology
释义 tau·tol·o·gy
\tȯˈtäləjē, -ji\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Late Latin tautologia, from Greek, from tautologos + -ia -y
1.
 a.
  (1) : needless or meaningless repetition in close succession of an idea, statement, or word : pleonasm, redundancy
   < a certain tautology in describing any act of society as social — Foreign Affairs >
  (2) : an instance of such repetition
   < the phrase “a beginner who has just started” is a tautology >
   < a speech full of tautologies >
 b. : a tautologous statement
2. : repetition of an act or experience
 < the tautology of two drunken brawls in the same scene >
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