Definition of "tautological" [tau•to•log•ic•al]

• Of, relating to, or using tautology (adjective)
• Using repetition or excessive wordiness; pleonastic or circumlocutionary (adjective)

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• "Oh, and 'tautology' or 'tautological' is used in two other places in that piece."
• "Conventional women -- but was not the phrase tautological?"
• "I think you should be able to recognize that so far, you have only made what I would call a tautological argument."