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Yellowstarstruck Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Tautology

Hi!
Could someone please tell me the tautology for the below sentence? Thanks Fulvio
The applause was deafening as every member of the audience clapped loudly.
  

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Generally speaking, tautology is to repeat something needlessly, although, particularly, in logic, it means a statement which is true by virtue of its logical form. e. the clapping, is deafening.

  • Generally speaking, tautology is to repeat something needlessly, although, particularly, in logic, it means a statement which is true by virtue of its logical form.
  • e.
  • the clapping, is deafening.
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Generally speaking, tautology is to repeat something needlessly, although, particularly, in logic, it means a statement which is true by virtue of its logical form.

It seems that the logical notion is that if the audience is clapping loudly, then the applause, i.e. the clapping, is deafening.

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