Download SECRET WORD DOCUMENT The secret word for today is: tautology

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The secret word for today is: tautology.
In rhetoric, a tautology (from Greek ταὐτός, "the same" and λόγος, "word/idea") is a
logical argument constructed in such a way, generally by repeating the same concept
or assertion using different phrasing or terminology, that the proposition as stated is
logically irrefutable, while obscuring the lack of evidence or valid reasoning supporting
the stated conclusion. (A rhetorical tautology should not be confused with a tautology in
propositional logic.)
Circular reasoning differs from tautologies in that circular reasoning restates the
premise as the conclusion, instead of deriving the conclusion from the premise. (This is
often conflated with begging the question, in which the premise relies on the
assumption of the conclusion). A tautology simply states the same thing twice.
Rhetorical tautologies typically present themselves as redundancies only comprising
part of a statement.