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
  • These signings are redundant for a Kings team that already has a one-dimensional defender in Joel Edmundson on the roster.
    The Athletic NHL, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • That flexibility has made the dining room redundant.
    Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The repetitious questions did not throw him off his course.
    Ann Patchett, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • 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
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“Tautologous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tautologous. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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