Dictionary Humor: tautology

Thursday, Sep 28, 2000

I was looking up 'tautology' on Merriam-Webster's site, and got the following:

1.
- a : needless repetition of an idea, statement, or word
- b : an instance of tautology
2. a tautologous statement

So is 1.b an instance of tautology? Is 2 a tautologous statement? Who says entymologists aren't fun?

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