Tautology
Tautology , noun
[Latin tautologia, Greek {not transcribed}: compare French tautologie.]
(Rhetoric) 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.
The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers,
And heavily in clouds brings on the day. Addison.
The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers,
And heavily in clouds brings on the day.