Meaning of NON SEQUITUR
| Pronunciation: | | nân 'sekwitur
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- [n] (logic) a conclusion that does not follow from the premises
- [n] a reply that has no relevance to what preceded it
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| | Definition: | | \Non seq"ui*tur\ [L., it does not follow.] (Logic)
An inference which does not follow from the premises.
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| | Related Terms: | | argument, argument by analogy, argumentum ad baculum, argumentum ad captandum, argumentum ad hominem, bad case, begging the question, broken thread, brokenness, circular argument, claptrap, crowd-pleasing argument, disconnectedness, disconnection, discontinuance, discontinuation, discontinuity, discontinuousness, discreteness, disjunction, empty words, episode, fallacy, fitfulness, formal fallacy, hysteron proteron, incoherence, incompleteness, insincere argument, intermittence, irregularity, logical fallacy, material fallacy, mere rhetoric, moonshine, noncontinuance, nonlinearity, nonseriality, nonuniformity, paralogism, parenthesis, petitio principii, philosophism, pseudosyllogism, solecism, sophism, sophistry, verbal fallacy, weak point |
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