tautologous

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tautologous
Adjective
  • 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
Adjective
  • For comparison’s sake, though, the now somewhat redundant Super Mario 3D All-Stars also contained the first Super Mario Galaxy and bizarrely went out of print back in 2021.
    Mitch Wallace, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The Dodgers are up to five left-handers in their bullpen right now, which Roberts conceded is a tad redundant.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Ultimately, this film’s absurd existentialist deadpan aligns Lanthimos’ work here closer to Ruben Östlund than ever — himself a filmmaker likely drawing from Lanthimos these days — to mine the comedy of repetitious futility to disorienting effect.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Irakli’s search is less mission than meander, one that only lags during a slightly repetitious late stretch, before Koberidze gets us back.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 17 Aug. 2025
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“Tautologous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tautologous. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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