Word of the Day 07/14/22 Non Sequitur
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Non Sequitur (noun)
non sequitur [ non sek-wi-ter, -toor; Latin nohn se-kwi-toor ]
noun
1. Logic. an inference or a conclusion that does not follow from the premises.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
WORDS RELATED TO NON SEQUITUR
deception, falsehood, heresy, inconsistency, misinterpretation, paradox, untruth, aberration, ambiguity, artifice, bias, casuistry, cavil, deceit, deceptiveness, delusion, deviation, elusion, equivocation, erratum
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ORIGIN: First recorded in 1530–40; from Latin nōn sequitur “it does not follow”
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non sequitur [ non sek-wi-ter, -toor; Latin nohn se-kwi-toor ]
noun
1. Logic. an inference or a conclusion that does not follow from the premises.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
WORDS RELATED TO NON SEQUITUR
deception, falsehood, heresy, inconsistency, misinterpretation, paradox, untruth, aberration, ambiguity, artifice, bias, casuistry, cavil, deceit, deceptiveness, delusion, deviation, elusion, equivocation, erratum
See synonyms for non sequitur on Thesaurus.com
ORIGIN: First recorded in 1530–40; from Latin nōn sequitur “it does not follow”
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.