tautology

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[edit] Noun

Singular
tautology

Plural
countable and uncountable; plural tautologies

tautology (countable and uncountable; plural tautologies)

  1. (linguistics, uncountable) redundant use of words
    It is tautology to say, "Forward Planning".
  2. (linguistics, countable) An expression that features tautology.
  3. (logic, countable) A statement that is true for all values of its variables
    Given a Boolean A, "A OR (NOT A)" is a tautology.

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