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non sequitur
[ non sek-wi-ter, -toor; Latin nohn se-kwi-toor ]
noun
- Logic. an inference or a conclusion that does not follow from the premises.
- a statement containing an illogical conclusion:
The built environment has to be more presentable than it was in the past, but it's a non sequitur to claim that this must occur at the expense of cultural value.
- something said or written that is unrelated to what immediately precedes:
Your comment is at best a non sequitur, and bears zero relevance to the issue at point.
- an illogical or unconnected shift from one thing to another:
The Tibetan prints to the right of the formal portrait—with their religious figures and mandala-like patterns—initially seem like a non sequitur.
non sequitur
/ ˈnɒn ˈsɛkwɪtə /
noun
- a statement having little or no relevance to what preceded it
- logic a conclusion that does not follow from the premises
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of non sequitur1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of non sequitur1
Example Sentences
It was not only a non sequitur — where the money comes from is not the measure of whether rich people controlling government constitutes oligarchy — but it is also a flat-out lie.
Here as Alyssa, she pulls off abrupt pivots, exiting one scene with the non sequitur “Is that a pigeon?”
"The problem is, if you do state funding, then you’re tied to it," she explained, not even bothering to come up with a more plausible-sounding non sequitur.
A waiter sitting down at a table and saying out of nowhere, “I literally have COVID” — that’s my kind of non sequitur.
At some point, with all the hate, looping and non sequiturs, it became hard to listen to.
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