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tautology

/taw-tol-uh-jee/US // tɔˈtɒl ə dʒi //UK // (tɔːˈtɒlədʒɪ) //

同义词,同义反复,同义语,冗词

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural tau·tol·o·gies.

    • : needless repetition of an idea, especially in words other than those of the immediate context, without imparting additional force or clearness, as in “widow woman.”
    • : an instance of such repetition.
    • : Logic. a compound propositional form all of whose instances are true, as “A or not A.”an instance of such a form, as “This candidate will win or will not win.”

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inrepetition
Synonyms
litany一连串,连环画,连祷词,一连串事件recurrence复发,复发的,复发的情况,重演reiteration复述,重述,重提,重言repeat重复,复述,重述,重复说rhythm节奏,节律,节奏感,节拍alliteration典故,拟声词,牵强附会,押韵chant吟诵,吟唱,诵读,诵经chorus合唱团,大合唱,合唱,合唱会copy拷贝,复制,副本,复印echo回声,回音,回响,呼应encore加演,加时赛,加注,加演节目iteration迭代,迭代次数,递增,循环paraphrase释义,转述,解释一下,解释periodicity周期性,周期性问题,定期性,期限性perseveration毅力,坚毅,坚忍不拔,坚忍不拔的精神practice练习,做法,惯例,实践reappearance重新出现,再度出现,重现,再现recapitulation重述,重温,重温一下,复述recital演唱会,演奏会,演习,演艺会redundancy冗余,冗余度,冗长,冗长的rehearsal排练,彩排,排演,预演relation关系renewal更新,续期,续展,重建repetitiousness反复性,重复性,反复无常,反覆性replication复制,复制性,重复,复制品report报告,报道,报导,举报reproduction繁殖,繁衍,复制,复制性restatement重述,重报,复述,重列return返回,回归,返还,回返rote循环,循环往复,循环播放,循环使用broken record破纪录,破记录,坏记录,破纪录的ingemination摄取,投入,摄制,摄入iteracy迭代,迭代能力,迭代率,迭代性iterance迭代,迭代能力,迭代率,迭代性reoccurrence再发生,复发,再发事件,重发事件staccato错落有致,噔噔噔,错落有致的,噔噔声

Examples

  • Mainly because it is, as my annoying college roommate would term it, a tautology.

  • Now it strikes me that there is quite as much tautology in "unsane lunes" as in the double epithet, "dangerous, unsafe."

  • Therefore there is a certain amount of tautology in denouncing the "master class" for its monstrous abuses.

  • "Love a beautiful person nobly, but be sure you love her," says our social wisdom with interesting tautology.

  • Look too at the gross fibs in all indictments for assault and battery, to say nothing of their tautology.

  • Under this form it is in its turn out of the reach of experiment and reduces to a sort of tautology.