Tautology Definition
A proposition that is analytic.
(countable, logic) A statement that is true for all values of its variables.
Other Word Forms of Tautology
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Origin of Tautology
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Late Latin tautologia from Greek tautologiā from tautologos redundant tauto- tauto- logos saying –logy
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Late Latin tautologia, from Ancient Greek ταυτολογία (tautología) from ταὐτός (tautós, “the same") + λόγος (lógos, “explanation")
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