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tautological

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English

Syllables
tau-to-log-i-cal
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, relating to, or using tautology.

adj

Using repetition or excessive wordiness; pleonastic or circumlocutionary.

Etymology

From tautology + -ical.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more tautological (comparative) most tautological (superlative)

Derived Forms

nontautological tautologicalness untautological

Frequently Paired Words

tautologically

Synonyms

pleonastic redundant tautologic

Questions

What does tautological mean?
Of, relating to, or using tautology.
Where does tautological come from?
From tautology + -ical.

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