nonconsequence
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From non- + consequence.
Noun
[edit]nonconsequence (countable and uncountable, plural nonconsequences)
- (uncountable) Lack of consequence; failure to follow logically.
- 2004, Jacqueline P. Leighton, Robert J. Sternberg, The Nature of Reasoning, page 156:
- How can we prove nonconsequence – that something does not follow? Or even that some set of premises are inconsistent with each other – that they are unsatisfiable, and therefore, logically, everything follows?
- (countable) That which is not a consequence; something that does not follow.