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tautology

tau.tol.o.gy \to.-'ta:l-*-je-\ n [LL tautologia, fr. Gk, fr. tautologos] 
   1a: needless repetition of an idea, statement, or word  1b: an instance of 
   such repetition  2: a tautologous statement