'Non sequitur' definitions:
Definition of 'non sequitur'
(from WordNet)
noun
A reply that has no relevance to what preceded it
noun
(logic) a conclusion that does not follow from the premises
Definition of 'Non sequitur'
From: GCIDE
- Non sequitur \Non seq"ui*tur\ [L., it does not follow.] (Logic) An inference which does not follow from the premises. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'non sequitur'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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