tautology

n 1: (in 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"

tautology

A {proposition} which is always true.

Compare: {paradox}.

{The Linguistic Smarandache Tautologies,

(http://www.gallup.unm.edu/~smarandache/tautolog.txt)}.

(1999-07-28)