Tautology Repetition Noun Tautologia Tautologos Statement Tau·Tol·O·Gy Latin

tau·tol·o·gy
\\tȯ-ˈtä-lə-jē\\ noun
(plural -gies)1.
  a. needless repetition of an idea, statement, or word
  b. an instance of tautology
2. a tautologous statement

tautology
  1579, from L.L. tautologia "representation of the same thing" (c.350), from Gk. tautologia, from tautologos "repeating what has been said," from tauto "the same" + -logos "saying," related to legein "to say" (see lecture).

tautology
tau·tol·ogy / tC:5tClEdVi; NAmE -5tB:l- / noun [U, C]
   a statement in which you say the same thing twice in different words, when this is unnecessary, for example 'They spoke in turn, one after the other.'
   同义反复；赘述
• tauto·logic·al / 7tC:tE5lCdVikl; NAmE -5lB:dV- / adj.
• tau·tolo·gous / tC:5tClE^Es; NAmE -5tB:l- / adj.

tau·tol·o·gy
\tȯˈtäləjē, -ji\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Late Latin tautologia, from Greek, from tautologos + -ia -y
1.
 a.
  (1) : needless or meaningless repetition in close succession of an idea, statement, or word : ,
   < a certain tautology in describing any act of society as social — Foreign Affairs >
  (2) : an instance of such repetition
   < the phrase “a beginner who has just started” is a tautology >
   < a speech full of tautologies >
 b. : a tautologous statement
2. : repetition of an act or experience

 < the tautology of two drunken brawls in the same scene >