tautological
adjective
tau·to·log·i·cal
ˌtȯ-tə-ˈlä-ji-kəl 
2
: true by virtue of its logical form alone
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On the surface, this might just seem tautological.
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Big Think, 24 Oct. 2025
Your answer is almost tautological, right?
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2025
More realistically, production is a tautological signal of money in circulation, not the existence of central banks, mints, Treasuries, monetary authorities, or economists advising all four more broadly.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
Stella’s tautological compositions shrugged off the categories of invention and aesthetic judgment that Fried hoped modernism would preserve.
—Sarah K. Rich, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2024
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Big Think, 24 Oct. 2025
Your answer is almost tautological, right?
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2025
More realistically, production is a tautological signal of money in circulation, not the existence of central banks, mints, Treasuries, monetary authorities, or economists advising all four more broadly.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
Stella’s tautological compositions shrugged off the categories of invention and aesthetic judgment that Fried hoped modernism would preserve.
—Sarah K. Rich, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2024
See All Example Sentences for tautological
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“Tautological.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tautological. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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