non sequitur
Use in a sentence
wɪ noun
1.
Logic. an inference or a conclusion that does not follow from the premises.
2.
a statement containing an illogical conclusion.
Origin:
< Latin: it does not follow
< Latin: it does not follow
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| —n | |
| 1. | a statement having little or no relevance to what preceded it |
| 2. | logic a conclusion that does not follow from the premises |
| [Latin, literally: it does not follow] | |
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00:10
Non sequitur
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
non sequitur
1533, from L., lit. "it does not follow."
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Example sentences
Forgive me, but your question is something of a non sequitur.
The chapter on Hemingway seems an odd non sequitur.
All kinds of things influence climate, but to infer from that that humans cannot also affect climate is a pure non sequitur.
At best the logicians would call it a "non sequitur", or an assumption of false causation.
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