tautological
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The company’s ticker is “YOU,” reflecting its tautological motto: “You are you.”
From Slate • Dec. 20, 2022
Attempting to define this unique, curvilinear object is a tautological exercise.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2022
Begging the question actually means posing or answering a question in a circular or tautological manner; your conclusion is foregone.
From Scientific American • Aug. 7, 2021
FINA’s argument that, to its “best knowledge, the athletes competing at such international events never used,” nor required, “caps of such size and configuration” is infuriatingly tautological.
From Washington Post • Jul. 3, 2021
When the choir of two-fisted tenors on the record were “proud to bear the title” Colonel Meecham entered the room slapping the swagger stick in a steady, tautological rhythm that seemed ominous, even predatory.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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