tautology
[noun]
Synonyms: verbiage, circumambages, circumbendibus, circumlocution, periphrase, periphrasis, pleonasm, redundancy, roundabout, verbality

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Related Words: reiteration, repetition, repetitiousness, padding

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tau‧tol‧o‧gy /tɔːˈtɒlədʒi $ tɒːˈtɑː-/ noun (plural tautologies) [uncountable and countable] technical
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Late Latin; Origin: tautologia, from Greek, from tautologos 'repeating things', from tauto 'same' + legein 'to say']
a statement in which you say the same thing twice using different words in a way which is not necessary, for example, ‘He sat alone by himself.’ ⇒ redundant
—tautological /ˌtɔːtəˈlɒdʒɪkəl◂ $ ˌtɒːtəˈlɑː-/ (also tautologous /tɔːˈtɒləɡəs $ tɒːˈtɑː-/) adjective

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