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Non sequitur   /nɑn sˈɛkwɪtər/   Listen
Non sequitur

noun
1.
A reply that has no relevance to what preceded it.
2.
(logic) a conclusion that does not follow from the premises.





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"Non sequitur" Quotes from Famous Books



... newest of the Bohemian cafes, drinking the newest red chemicals, smoking the newest brand of cigarettes, and discussing the newest form of psycopathia sexualis. After you have watched them a while, you realize that these ultra-new people have fallen victim to the oldest form of logical fallacy, the non sequitur, and likewise to the oldest form of slavery, which ...
— The Profits of Religion, Fifth Edition • Upton Sinclair


Words linked to "Non sequitur" :   reply, response, logic, conclusion


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