tautology

[US]/tɔː'tɒlədʒɪ/

[UK]/tɔ'tɑlədʒi/

Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. needless repetition of an idea, statement, or word

In the form of a meaningless tautology? no!

Source: The Big Bang Theory (Video Version) Season 2

As for a “pair of two eyes”, that’s called a tautology, and no news editor on this Earth would allow that to go to print.

Source: World Atlas of Wonders

If we say that the things known must be in the mind, we are either unduly limiting the mind's power of knowing, or we are uttering a mere tautology.

Source: Philosophical question

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