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Tautological

adjective
1.
Repetition of same sense in different words.  Synonyms: pleonastic, redundant, tautologic.  "The phrase 'a beginner who has just started' is tautological" , "At the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition"





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"Tautological" Quotes from Famous Books



... would prove the conclusion it was intended to prove. Now it is evidently an instance of the omission of either of two words from the complete account by different witnesses. The Evangelist employed both words in order to emphasize the gratitude of the Apostles. The words are not tautological. [Greek: Ainos] is the set praise of God, drawn out in more or less length, properly as offered in addresses to Him[621]. [Greek: Eulogia] includes all speaking well of Him, especially when uttered before other men. Thus the two expressions describe in combination ...
— The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels • John Burgon


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