Tautologic (Adjective)
Meaning
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.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The phrase "end result" is tautologic since "result" already implies the end of a process.
- Stating "a free giveaway" would be tautologic as "giveaway" inherently conveys something being free.
- The warning sign reading "all new members must start from the beginning" is tautologic, as new members wouldn't have prior experience.
- Labeling an "at risk patient" as someone with a "high risk condition" would be tautologic as the two phrases are synonymous.
- Calling someone an "advanced beginner" is tautologic since a beginner, by definition, has just started.