Tautology vs. Oxymoron
Tautologynoun
(uncountable) Redundant use of words, a pleonasm, an unnecessary and tedious repetition.
Tautologynoun
(countable) An expression that features tautology.
Tautologynoun
In propositional logic: a statement that is true for all truth values of its propositional variables. In first-order logic: a statement that is true for all truth values of its Boolean atoms.
Tautologynoun
A repetition of the same meaning in different words; needless repetition of an idea in different words or phrases; a representation of anything as the cause, condition, or consequence of itself, as in the following lines: -The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers,And heavily in clouds brings on the day. Addison.
Tautologynoun
(logic) a statement that is necessarily true;
Tautologynoun
useless repetition;
Tautologynoun
the saying of the same thing twice over in different words, generally considered to be a fault of style (e.g. they arrived one after the other in succession).
Tautologynoun
a phrase or expression in which the same thing is said twice in different words.
Tautologynoun
a statement that is true by necessity or by virtue of its logical form.
Oxymoronnoun
A figure of speech in which two words or phrases with opposing meanings are used together intentionally for effect.
Oxymoronnoun
A contradiction in terms.
Oxymoronnoun
A figure in which an epithet of a contrary signification is added to a word; e. g., cruel kindness; laborious idleness.
Oxymoronnoun
conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')
Oxymoron
An oxymoron (usual plural oxymorons, more rarely oxymora) is a figure of speech that juxtaposes concepts with opposing meanings within a word or phrase that creates an ostensible self-contradiction. An oxymoron can be used as a rhetorical device to illustrate a rhetorical point or to reveal a paradox.
