Tautological

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, relating to, or using tautology.
  2. 2
    Using repetition or excessive wordiness; pleonastic or circumlocutionary.
Adjective
  1. 1
    repetition of same and identical sense with different and non-identical words wordnet

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echoicechoingexpletiveimitativeiterativeneedless

Example

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"Tom tautologically said that tautological tautology is tautological."

Etymology

From tautology + -ical.

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