6 ms·A tautology is a sentence vacuously true. This is called a pleonasm.by wazdra 5mo agoA tautology is a sentence vacuously true. This is called a pleonasm.gizajob 5mo agoWas about to post the same thing. It is indeed the under-appreciated pleonasm rather than a tautology.darkwater 5mo agoYes, mixed the two. Point stands though.