07091214-n 'useless and pointless repetition (wangwenjie)';
 
Czech tautologie
Chinese (simplified) 冗词 赘语 , 重复 , 赘述 , 冗词赘语
英語 tautology ( ⊳ ⊳ )
Italian circolo , tautologia
日本語 トートロジー
Definitions
英語
useless and pointless repetition (wangwenjie)
― to say that something is `adequate enough' is a tautology
日本語
無駄な反復
― 何かが『十分に十分である』とういうことは類語反復であると言うこと
Relations
See also: give_overly_detailed_account pleonastic
Hypernym: repetitiveness
Semantic Field: communicationn
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