Definition of
tautology has definitions from the fields of rhetoric,logic
1
[ noun ] (logic) a statement that is necessarily true

Examples

"the statement `he is brave or he is not brave' is a tautology"

Related terms

truth logic

2
[ noun ] (rhetoric) useless repetition

Examples

"to say that something is `adequate enough' is a tautology"

Related terms

repetitiveness

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