In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
TAUTOLOGIZE
Etymology
Verb
tautologize (third-person singular simple present tautologizes, present participle tautologizing, simple past and past participle tautologized)
To speak or write tautology; to repeat the same thing in different words.
Source: Wiktionary
Tau*tol"o*gize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tautologized; p. pr. & vb. n. Tautologizing.]
Definition: To repeat the same thing in different words.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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MECHANISM
(noun) the technical aspects of doing something; “a mechanism of social control”; “mechanisms of communication”; “the mechanics of prose style”
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