Synonyms & Definition of Tautology
From WordNet 2.0 :
Tautology
:
(noun)
1: (logic) a statement that is necessarily true; "the statement `he is brave or he is not brave' is a tautology"
2: useless repetition; "to say that something is `adequate enough' is a tautology"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
abundance
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amplitude
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battology
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bedizenment
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circumambages
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circumbendibus
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circumlocution
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cloud of words
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copiousness
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diffuseness
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diffusion
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diffusiveness
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duplication
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duplication of effort
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effusion
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effusiveness
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embellishment
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expletive
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extravagance
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exuberance
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fat
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featherbedding
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fecundity
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fertility
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filling
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fluency
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formlessness
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frill
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frills
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frippery
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gingerbread
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gush
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gushing
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iteration
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logorrhea
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long-windedness
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luxury
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macrology
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needlessness
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ornamentation
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outpour
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overadornment
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overflow
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overlap
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padding
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palilogy
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payroll padding
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periphrase
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periphrasis
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pleonasm
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prodigality
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productivity
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profuseness
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profusion
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prolificacy
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prolificity
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prolixity
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rampancy
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rankness
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redundance
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redundancy
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reiteration
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reiterativeness
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repetition
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repetition for effect
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repetitiousness
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repetitiveness
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roundabout
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stammering
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stuttering
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superabundance
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superfluity
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superfluousness
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superflux
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talkativeness
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tautologism
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teemingness
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tirade
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unnecessariness
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verbality
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verbiage
,
verbosity
,
wordiness
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