pleonastic (s)
redundant#2 (s)
tautologic (s)
tautological (s)

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type s
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def repetition of same sense in different words
examples `a true fact' and `a free gift' are pleonastic expressions
the phrase `a beginner who has just started' is tautological
at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition J.B.Conant
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Similar to prolix
Derivationally related form tautological → tautology; tautological → tautology
Derivationally related form tautologic → tautology
Derivationally related form redundant → redundancy; redundant → redundancy
Derivationally related form pleonastic → pleonasm
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Similar to prolix
Derivationally related form redundancy → redundant; redundancy → redundant
Derivationally related form pleonasm → pleonastic
Derivationally related form tautology → tautologic
Derivationally related form tautology → tautological; tautology → tautological

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