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Definition of Tautologies
1. tautology [n] - See also: tautology
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tautologies
Literary usage of Tautologies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Eclectic Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art by John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell (1843)
"The apparent tautologies in the exordium are not really such. They only represent
a continued astonishment, wanting words to express itself, and fetching ..."
2. Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions by Robert South (1823)
"... it is indeed scarce possible, but much speaking without care or study must
needs put the speaker upon unseemly repetitions and tautologies, which Christ ..."
3. French Elements in Middle English: Chapters Illustrative of the Origin and by Frederick Henry Sykes (1899)
"The second half of the century extends these groups by man at arms, merchant of
wool, and additional tautologies. CONCLUSION. The establishment of Romance ..."
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