Tautological

Definition: Tautological

Tautological

Adjective

1. Repetition of same sense in different words; "`a true fact' and `a free gift' are pleonastic expressions"; "the phrase `a beginner who has just started' is tautological"; "at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition"- J.B.Conant.

Date "tautological" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1781. (references)

Etymology: Tautological \Tau`to*log"ic*al\, adjective. [Compare to the French expression tautologique.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Tautological

Synonyms: pleonastic (adj), redundant (adj), tautologic (adj). (additional references)

Crosswords: Tautological

English words defined with "tautological": Tautological echo, Tautologist, Tautologous. (references)

Specialty definitions using "tautological": tautological probability. (references)

Etymologies containing "tautological": goosander. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Tautological Oxymorons: Deconstructing Scientific Materialism: An Onto-Theological Approach (reference) (more book examples)
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"Tautological" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Tautological" is used about 20 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	20	78,262

Expressions using "tautological": Tautological echo ♦ tautological probability ♦ tautological set. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "tautological"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Bulgarian		тавтологичен. (various references)

German		dasselbe besagend. (various references)

Greek		ταυτολογικόσ. (various references)

Hungarian		tautológiai. (various references)

Pig Latin		autologicaltay.(various references)

Romanian		tautologic (redundant). (various references)

Russian		тавтологичный, тавтологический (tautologous). (various references)

Swedish		tavtologisk (tautologic), tautologisk (tautologic). (various references)

Thai		เกี่ยวกับการซ้ำคำโ�"ยไม่จำเป็น. (various references)

Turkish		gereksiz tekrar yapan (tautologic). (various references)
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Derivations
	Words beginning with "tautological": tautologically. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Tautological" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: autological, tantological, tatutological, taudological, taugtological, tautalogical, tautilogical. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "tautological" (pronounced 'Tau`to*log"ic*al'): Abactinal, Abbatial, Abbatical, Abdal, Aberrational, Abettal, Abhal, Abhominal, Abiological, Abnormal, Aboral, Abortional, Abranchial, Absinthial, Abstractional, Abuttal, Abysmal, Abyssal, Academial, Accentual, Accessional, Accessorial, Accipitral, Accrementitial, Accrual, Accusal, Accusatival, Accusatorial, Acephal, Acerval, Acetal, Achenial, Acnodal, Aconital, Acoustical, Acquittal, Acranial, Acritical, Acromial, Acropetal, Acroterial, Actinal, Actinozoal, Actuarial, Adagial, Adambulacral, Adaptorial, Adenological, Adjectional, Adjectival, Adjournal, Administerial, Admiral, Admonitorial, Adnominal, Adrenal, Adventual, Adverbial, Aerial, AEstival, AEtiological, Affectional, Affinal, Agal-agal, Agential, Aglossal, Agminal, Agrestical, Agricultural, Albuminoidal, Alecithal, Algal, Algological, Alimental, Alinasal, Aliseptal, Aliturgical, Allheal, Alliteral, Altitudinal, Altrical, Amatorial, Ambassadorial, Ambidextral, Amblygonal, Ambrosial, Ambulacral, Ambulatorial, Amenorrhoeal, Ammiral, Ammonal, Amphiarthrodial, Amphibial, Amphibiological, Amphibological, Amphidromical, Amphitheatral, Amphoral, Anal, Analogal, Analogical, Anapestical, Anarchal, Ancestorial, Ancestral, Anecdotal, Aneurismal, Anguineal, Anidiomatical, Animadversal, Annal, Anneal, Anomal, Anormal, Antambulacral, Anteal, Antediluvial, Antemural, Antenatal, Antennal, Antenuptial, Anteorbital, Antepaschal, Anteprandial, Anthological, Anthropoidal, Anthropotomical, Antibacterial, Antibrachial, Anticatarrhal, Antichronical, Antidotal, Antidotical, Antimagistrical, Antimalarial, Antimonial, Antinational, Antipapal, Antiparalytical, Antipodal, Antisacerdotal, Antiscorbutical, Antiscriptural, Antisocial, Antitypal, Antitypical, Antivenereal, Antorbital, Antral, Apathistical, Aphakial, Apical, Aplacental, Apocryphal, Apogeal, Apohyal, Aporetical, Apostatical, Apozemical, Apparitional, Appendical, Appositional, Appraisal, Apprizal, Approval, Apsidal, Apteral, Aptitudinal, Apyrexial, Aquatical, Arabical, Arachnidial, Arachnoidal, Arachnological, Arbitral, Arboreal, Arborical, Arboricultural, Archaical, Archducal, Archegonial, Archetypal, Archetypical, Archical, Archidiaconal, Archiepiscopal, Architectural, Archival, Archmarshal, Arctogeal, Arcual, Areal, Argental, Argumental, Arithmetical, Armorial, Arousal, Arrival, Arsenal, Arsenical, Arterial, Arval, Ascensional, Asexual, Asphyxial, Assertorial, Assessorial, Associational, Assonantal, Assyriological, Asternal, Asteroidal, Astragal, Astrophysical, Asymmetral, Atabal, Atheological, Atlantal, Atrial, Attabal, Attal, Attical, Attitudinal, Attorney-general, Auditorial, Auditual, Augural, Augurial, Aurigal, Auroral, Auspicial, Authentical, Authorial, Autocratorical, Autogeneal, Autographal, Autumnal, Avowal, Axal, Axial, Azimuthal, Bacterial, Bactericidal, Bacteriological, Balmoral, Balneal, Banal, Bancal, Baptismal, Baptistical, Barmecidal, Baronial, Basal, Basifugal, Basihyal, Basioccipital, Beheadal, Belial, Benedictional, Beneficential, Beneficial, Bengal, Benthal, Benzal, Bequeathal, Bergmeal, Bestowal, Betrayal, Betrothal, Biannual, Biblical, Bibliological, Bibliomaniacal, Bibliothecal, Bicameral, Bicaudal, Bicipital, Bicorporal, Bicrural, Bidental, Bifacial, Bifocal, bigential, Bilateral, Bilingual, Biliteral, Bimedial, Bimembral, Bimensal, Bimestrial, Binal, Binaural, Binominal, Biparietal, Bipedal, Bipunctual, Bipyramidal, Bisexual, Bismuthal, Biventral, Bivial, Blastemal, Bocal, Botryoid, Botryoidal, Brachial, Brachyceral, Bracteal, Branchial, Branchiostegal, brigadier, Broadseal, Bromal, Bronchial, Brumal, Brutal, Bryological, Buccal, Buccinal, Bucolical, Burghal, Burial, Bursal, Cacodoxical, Cacuminal, Cadastral, Caecal, Caesural, Cal, Calcaneal, Calendarial, Cambial, Caninal, Cantharidal, Cantonal, Cantoral, Caporal, Caracal, Carceral, Carcinological, Cardiacal, Carnal, Carnassial, Carnival, Carousal, Carpal, Carpological, Casal, Castrensial, Catamenial, Cataphysical, Catarrhal, Catechismal, Catechumenical, Categorical, Catholical, Caudal, Causidical, Cemental, Cemeterial, Censorial, Censual, Centesimal, Central, Centripetal, Centrolecithal, Centrolineal, Centumviral, Centurial, Cephalocercal, Ceratobranchial, Ceratohyal, Cercal, Cerebrifugal, Cerebripetal, Cerebro-spinal, Cerial, Cerrial, Cervical, Cesural, Cetological, Chalazal, Chamal, Chamisal, Chaparral, Characteristical, Charcoal, Cheval, Chibbal, Chimerical, Chiragrical, Chirological, Chloropal, Chordal, Chorepiscopal, Chorographical, Choroidal, Chrismal, Chromatical, Chronical. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-g-i-l-l-o-o-t-t-u"
	-4 letters: alogical, coattail, guaiacol, tailcoat.
	-5 letters: agitato, catalog, cattail, cattalo, coagula, galliot, galloot, glacial, glottal, glottic, logical, otalgia, otalgic, tactual.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-g-i-l-l-o-o-t-t-u"
	+2 letters: tautologically.
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