tautological

• Relatif à la tautologie ou qui la contient ; inutilement répétitif ou redondant dans l'expression.

Relating to or involving tautology; needlessly repetitive or redundant in expression.

1. Repetitive in meaningC1formal

   Relating to or involving the unnecessary repetition of an idea, statement, or word, often using different terms to say the same thing.

   Tautologique

   • The phrase 'free gift' is considered tautological because a gift is inherently free.
   • His speech was tautological, repeating the same point in different words.
   • The author's tautological style made the essay feel redundant.

   Synonymescircumlocutoryperiphrasticpleonasticredundantrepetitiousrepetitiveverbosewordy