tautology
/tɔːˈtɒlədʒɪ/noun
(pl. -ies)［mass noun］
1- the saying of the same thing twice over in different words, generally considered to be a fault of style (e.g. they arrived one after the other in succession)冗词。
1.1
- count noun a phrase or expression in which the same thing is said twice in different words同义反复的话语。
1.2
- Logic a statement that is true by necessity or by virtue of its logical form【逻】重言式。
派生词
tautological
adjectivetautologically
adverbtautologist
nountautologize
（亦作-ise）verbtautologous
adjective词源
mid 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek， from tautologos 'repeating what has been said'， from tauto- 'same' + -logos （see -LOGY）.