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Adjective: tautological  ,to-tu'ló-ji-kul
  1. Repetition of same and identical sense with different and non-identical words
    "the phrase 'a beginner who has just started' is tautological";
    - pleonastic, redundant, tautologic

See also: prolix, verbal

Encyclopedia: Tautological