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non sequitur
noun as in fallacy
Strongest matches
Strong matches
- aberration
- ambiguity
- artifice
- bias
- casuistry
- cavil
- deceit
- deceptiveness
- delusion
- deviation
- elusion
- equivocation
- erratum
- erroneousness
- error
- evasion
- faultiness
- flaw
- illogicality
- inexactness
- invalidity
- misapprehension
- miscalculation
- misconstrual
- mistake
- notion
- perversion
- preconception
- prejudice
- quirk
- solecism
- sophism
- sophistry
- speciousness
- subterfuge
Weak match
noun as in speciousness
Strong matches
- aberration
- ambiguity
- artifice
- bias
- casuistry
- cavil
- deceit
- deception
- deceptiveness
- delusion
- deviation
- elusion
- equivocation
- erratum
- erroneousness
- error
- evasion
- falsehood
- faultiness
- flaw
- heresy
- illogicality
- inconsistency
- inexactness
- invalidity
- misapprehension
- miscalculation
- misconstrual
- misinterpretation
- mistake
- notion
- paradox
- perversion
- preconception
- prejudice
- quirk
- solecism
- sophism
- sophistry
- spuriousness
- subterfuge
- untruth
Weak match
noun as in spuriousness
Strong matches
- aberration
- ambiguity
- artifice
- bias
- casuistry
- cavil
- deceit
- deception
- deceptiveness
- delusion
- deviation
- elusion
- equivocation
- erratum
- erroneousness
- error
- evasion
- falsehood
- faultiness
- flaw
- heresy
- illogicality
- inconsistency
- inexactness
- invalidity
- misapprehension
- miscalculation
- misconstrual
- misinterpretation
- mistake
- notion
- paradox
- perversion
- preconception
- prejudice
- quirk
- solecism
- sophism
- sophistry
- speciousness
- subterfuge
- untruth
Weak match
Example Sentences
A waiter sitting down at a table and saying out of nowhere, “I literally have COVID” — that’s my kind of non sequitur.
At some point, with all the hate, looping and non sequiturs, it became hard to listen to.
The album also exults in musical zingers, non sequiturs and startling off-grid eruptions.
It was a non sequitur, but at least the senator recognized the guest of honor.
It sounds like a non sequitur — but when Siddhartha Khosla traces the arc of his life, there’s a consistent through line that makes as much sense as any good melody.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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