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non se·qui·tur    Audio Help   (nŏn sěk'wĭ-tər, -tŏŏr')  Pronunciation Key  n.   An inference or conclusion that does not follow from the premises or evidence. 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
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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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.”

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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.

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