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tautology

statement which repeats the same idea, using near-synonymous morphemes, words, or phrases
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Summary

tautology is a stylistic device[1]. tautology draws 6,638 Wikipedia views per month (stylistic device category, ranking #23 of 107).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: rhetoric[3], redundancy[4]
  • Said to be the same as: pleonasm[5]
  • Described by source: Lean Logic[6], Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[7], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 8[8]
  • Different from: tautology[9]

Why It Matters

tautology has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] tautology is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

Lean Logic rhetoric

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  7. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2h ago · Neo-Jay · 2026-10-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 41
    Said to be the same as → pleonasm
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'az', 'ba', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'ca', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', '
    Subclass of → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ Different from: tautology"
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