sequitur

Examples

• All

• But saying it affects authorial income is a non sequitur in its purest form.

  Blog text (5)

• That was a complete non sequitur.

  For Your Consideration (2006)

• This might seem like a non sequitur, but it's, it's what came to mind for me so good.

• That to me is the non sequitur, the idea that this relationship must be important because I still have feelings for it.

• That is a non sequitur.

  To Rome with Love (2012)

• Do I really have to point out how much of a non sequitur this argument is?

  Blog text (18)

• There seemed to be several serious non sequiturs in what she was telling me.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Surprised by her non sequitur, I merely shook my head.

  Fiction book (1996)

• The boss plays straight man as she fires off puns and non sequiturs.

  Academic text (2007)

• In her speech, she included a non sequitur that confused the audience.

Synonyms

I

implication

vssequitur

331 4.3

A result or meaning suggested but not said

states a directly following idea rather than merely suggesting it

C

conclusion

vssequitur

• Formal

54 2.8

A statement that follows from given facts by logical thinking

focuses on following directly from what was said earlier

C

consequent

vssequitur

• Specialized

1 7.1

The part of an if then sentence that follows then

expresses the following idea as a stated logical proposition

C

corollary

vssequitur

• Specialized

1 8.7

A statement that follows directly from a proved rule or theorem

is used more generally outside formal theorem contexts

Antonyms

N

non sequitur

13 9.7

A statement that does not follow from what was said before

Compounds

N

non sequitur

13 9.7

A statement that does not follow from what was said before

How Logical

sequitur

13 8.9

inference

48 5.7

implication

331 4.3

consequence

∞ 4.1

non sequitur

13 9.7

Surface Forms

Etymology