tautological

English

Etymology

From tautology +‎ -ical.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

tautological (comparative more tautological, superlative most tautological)

1. Of, relating to, or using tautology.
2. Using repetition or excessive wordiness; pleonastic or circumlocutionary.

Related terms

• tautologically

Translations

of, relating to, or using tautology

• Asturian: tautolóxicu
• Belarusian: таўталагі́чны (taŭtalahíčny)
• Catalan: tautològic
• Czech: tautologický
• Finnish: tautologinen (fi)
• French: tautologique (fr)
• Galician: tautolóxico
• German: tautologisch (de), doppelt gemoppelt (de), redundant (de)
• Icelandic: sísannur m
• Italian: tautologico
• Polish: tautologiczny (pl)
• Portuguese: tautológico (pt)
• Romanian: tautologic (ro)
• Russian: тавтологи́ческий (ru) (tavtologíčeskij), тавтологи́чный (ru) (tavtologíčnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: ath-bhriathrach
• Spanish: tautológico (es)
• Ukrainian: тавтологі́чний (tavtolohíčnyj)