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tautologously en · ADV

Etymology

From tautologous + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a tautologous manner.
   • Any gene that behaves in such a way as to increase its own survival chances in the gene pool at the expense of its alleles will, by definition, tautologously, tend to survive. 1976, Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene, Kindle edition, OUP Oxford, published 2016, page 46:

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