TAUTOLOGIC
\tˌɔːtəlˈɒd͡ʒɪk], \tˌɔːtəlˈɒdʒɪk], \t_ˌɔː_t_ə_l_ˈɒ_dʒ_ɪ_k]\
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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.
By Princeton University
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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.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Elizabeth Sara Sheppard
- An English novelist; born at Blackheath, 1830; died Brixton, March 13, 1862. She wrote noted "Charles Auchester"(1853), mystical art novel; "Counterparts, or the Cross of Love"(1854); "My First Season"(1855); "The Double Coronet"(1856); "Rumor", a musical and artistic novel(1858).