tautology
noun /tɔːˈtɒlədʒi/
/tɔːˈtɑːlədʒi/
[uncountable, countable]- a statement in which you say the same thing twice in different words, when this is unnecessary, for example ‘They spoke in turn, one after the other.’
同义反复；赘述 词源mid 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek, from tautologos ‘repeating what has been said’, from tauto- ‘same’ + -logos (see -logy).