as in tautology
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The messianic claims of AI’s biggest stakeholders are tautologies: Generative AI will transform civilization; therefore, we must be empowered to steer it in the right direction.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025 -
Sadaf spouts a tautology — faith as faith — that also holds for patriotism.—
Armond White,
National Review,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Pleonasm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pleonasm. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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