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Tautology in a sentence

Tautology meaning

  1. Redundant use of words, a pleonasm, an unnecessary and tedious repetition.
  2. An expression that features tautology.
  3. A statement that is true for all truth values of its propositional variables.

Synonyms of Tautology

truth true statement repetitiveness repetitiousness

Related words

Other words often associated with Tautology or its synonyms:

falsehood statement verbosity falsity verity accuracy actuality emancipationist inaccuracy abolitionist fact quality

Tautology vertaling naar Nederlands

tautologie

Using Tautology

  • The main meaning on this page is: Redundant use of words, a pleonasm, an unnecessary and tedious repetition. | An expression that features tautology. | A statement that is true for all truth values of its propositional variables.
  • Useful related words include: truth, true statement, repetitiveness, repetitiousness.
  • Possible Dutch translations are: tautologie.
  • In the example corpus, tautology often appears in combinations such as: the tautology, tautology if.

Context around Tautology

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 2 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

medical 1× empty 1× given 1× mere 1×

Often after:

problem 1×

Sentence patterns with Tautology

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a medical tautology or crime 1× a mere tautology if we 1× an empty tautology and completely 1× considered a tautology if it 1× is a tautology that a 1× only a tautology being is 1× out the tautology before you 1× since every tautology is provable 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

criticisms the philosopher 1× indeed cowart not 1× note that the 1× read as assuming 1× since every tautology 1× the result is 1×

Common sentence endings:

a implies a 1× by the mind 1× designated truth value 1× formula is satisfiable 1× it out yourself 1× logic is complete 1×

Words around Tautology

Just before it in the word index:

tautologies 2 tautological 5 tautog 4 tautness 5 tautly 3 tautges 2

Just after it in the word index:

tautomers 2 tautou 3 tautu 3 tav 13 tava 5 tavai 8

Similar in corpus frequency:

aanholt 13 aardwolf 13 abati 13 abbeville 13 abcc 13 abcon 13

Corpus analysis for Tautology

  • In this selection, "tautology" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, medical, empty, given and problem stand out and add context to how "tautology" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a medical tautology or crime and a mere tautology if we. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "tautology" sits close to words such as aanholt, aardwolf and abati, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with tautology

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Since every tautology is provable, the logic is complete. (9 words)

The result is that we have proved the given tautology. (10 words)

I was going to point out the tautology before you pointed it out yourself. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

In K 3 only T is a designated truth value, while in P 3 both T and I are (a logical formula is considered a tautology if it evaluates to a designated truth value). (34 words)

We are uttering a mere tautology if we mean by 'in the mind' the same as by 'before the mind', i.e. if we mean merely being apprehended by the mind. (31 words)

Criticisms The philosopher Hans Albert has argued that the ceteris paribus conditions of the marginalist theory rendered the theory itself an empty tautology and completely closed to experimental testing. (29 words)

Example sentences (10)

Indeed, Cowart, not everyone is convinced that fruit bats are to blame, because blaming Ebola epidemic on bats or Aids on monkeys is a medical tautology or crime.

I was going to point out the tautology before you pointed it out yourself.

Criticisms The philosopher Hans Albert has argued that the ceteris paribus conditions of the marginalist theory rendered the theory itself an empty tautology and completely closed to experimental testing.

In K 3 only T is a designated truth value, while in P 3 both T and I are (a logical formula is considered a tautology if it evaluates to a designated truth value).

Note that the tautology problem for positive Boolean formulae remains co-NP complete, even though the satisfiability problem is trivial, as every positive Boolean formula is satisfiable.

Read as "Assuming nothing, infer that A implies A ", or "It is a tautology that A implies A ", or "It is always true that A implies A ".

Since every tautology is provable, the logic is complete.

The result is that we have proved the given tautology.

The trivial solution that being is being added to nothing is only a tautology : being is being.

We are uttering a mere tautology if we mean by 'in the mind' the same as by 'before the mind', i.e. if we mean merely being apprehended by the mind.

Common combinations with tautology

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "tautology" in a sentence?
An example: "Indeed, Cowart, not everyone is convinced that fruit bats are to blame, because blaming Ebola epidemic on bats or Aids on monkeys is a medical tautology or crime." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "tautology" from authentic English texts.
What does "tautology" mean?
Tautology means: Redundant use of words, a pleonasm, an unnecessary and tedious repetition.
What are synonyms of "tautology"?
Common synonyms of "tautology" include: truth, true statement, repetitiveness, repetitiousness.
What is "tautology" in Dutch?
"tautology" translates to Dutch as: tautologie.
How many example sentences with "tautology" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "tautology", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.