Saying that Chinese people are Chinese is a tautology--it's obviously true by definition, but doesn't tell us anything.
Tautologies are phrases like 'Tiny little' or 'freezing cold'.
What is the VIN number of a car? Because VIN means Vehicle Identification Number. You do not need to say number again. It is redundant. You could just say, what is the VIN.
Tautology is a figure of speech in which two words having the same meaning is used in the same sentence for poetic effect.
eg:- For the dread and fear of kings.
The antonym of an oxymoron is a tautology. For example: "almost exactly" is an oxymoron. "Tiny little" is a tautology.
I guess you could claim one opposite of a tautology is an oxymoron.
tautology
Truism, tautology.
Yes
I cannot stoop because I can't bend over.
Tautology is the useless repetition of words. I am going to the mall or I am not going to the mall is a tautology. Tautology is not simply the useless repetition of words. It is more about redundancy. The example above is tautology but it is because the phrase is redundant. "I may go go the mall today." implies that I may not to to the mall today. To include that I may not would be tautology. Another example of tautology is when you have two words whose meaning is the same used in conjunction. "Free gift" and "unsolved mystery" are tautology. The words are synonymous and therefore they are redundant.
The person kept saying the same thing over and over which had no meaning so it was tautology.
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a tautology
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somnolent sleepiness is an example of tautology in ransom of red chief
The antonym of an oxymoron is a tautology. For example: "almost exactly" is an oxymoron. "Tiny little" is a tautology.
I guess you could claim one opposite of a tautology is an oxymoron.
tautology
Truism, tautology.
Yes