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non se·qui·tur    Audio Help   [non sek-wi-ter, -toor; Lat. nohn se-kwi-toor] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.Logic. an inference or a conclusion that does not follow from the premises.
2.a statement containing an illogical conclusion.

[Origin: < L: it does not follow]
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non se·qui·tur    Audio Help   (nŏn sěk'wĭ-tər, -tŏŏr')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. An inference or conclusion that does not follow from the premises or evidence.
  2. A statement that does not follow logically from what preceded it.


[Latin nōn sequitur, it does not follow : nōn, not + sequitur, third person sing. present tense of sequī, to follow.]

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non sequitur 
1533, from L., lit. "it does not follow."

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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non sequitur

noun
1. a reply that has no relevance to what preceded it 
2. (logic) a conclusion that does not follow from the premises 

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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
non sequitur [(non sek-wuh-tuhr)]

A thought that does not logically follow what has just been said: “We had been discussing plumbing, so her remark about astrology was a real non sequitur.” Non sequitur is Latin for “It does not follow.”


[Chapter:] Conventions of Written English


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Non sequitur

Non seq"ui*tur\ [L., it does not follow.] (Logic) An inference which does not follow from the premises.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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