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non sequitur definition

non· se·qui·tur (nän′ sekwi tər)

  1. Logic a conclusion or inference which does not follow from the premises
    abbrev. non seq.
  2. a remark having no bearing on what has just been said

Etymology: L, lit., it does not follow

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