non sequitur
nounEtymology
Learned borrowing from Latin nōn sequitur (literally “it does not follow”).
- learned borrowing from nōn sequitur
Definitions
Any abrupt and inexplicable transition or occurrence.
- Having a costumed superhero abduct the vicar was an utter non sequitur in the novel.
- Non sequiturs, gratuitous acts, frustrating ellipses, ambiguities, a dearth of emotion: Miss [Lillian] Hellman avails herself of all these current techniques in telling a story that she keeps telling us may not be a story at all.
Any invalid argument in which the conclusion cannot be logically deduced from the…
Any invalid argument in which the conclusion cannot be logically deduced from the premises.
A statement that does not logically follow a statement that preceded it.
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A kind of pun that uses a change of word, subject, or meaning to make a joke of the…
A kind of pun that uses a change of word, subject, or meaning to make a joke of the listener’s expectation.
The neighborhood
- neighborsequence
- neighboranacoluthon
- neighborapropos of nothing
- neighbordeus ex machina
- neighborfallacy
- neighborparadox
- neighborwhat does that have to do with the price of tea in China
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for non sequitur. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA