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Nonsense is defined as words that have no actual meaning, behavior that is silly and foolish or is a word used to express disagreement.

(noun)

Silly and meaningless baby talk is an example of nonsense.
Behaving in a silly and foolish manner is an example of nonsense.
When someone says you are mean and you want to disagree, this is an example of a situation where you might say "Nonsense, I am very nice."

See nonsense in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

words or actions that convey an absurd meaning or no meaning at all
things of relatively no importance or value; trivialities
impudent, foolish, or evasive behavior

Origin: non- + sense

adjective

designating or of syllables or words constructed of sounds or symbols arranged arbitrarily so as to have no meaning
of or designating verse, poetry, or other literary composition consisting of words or syllables that convey an absurd meaning or no meaning at all

interjection

how foolish; how absurd: an exclamation of impatience, contradiction, contempt, etc.

See nonsense in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Words or signs having no intelligible meaning: a message that was nonsense until decoded.
Subject matter, behavior, or language that is foolish or absurd.
Extravagant foolishness or frivolity: a clown's exuberant nonsense.
Matter of little or no importance or usefulness: a chatty letter full of gossip and nonsense.
Insolent talk or behavior; impudence: wouldn't take any nonsense from the children.

adjective

Genetics Of or relating to a mutation in a structural gene that changes a nucleotide triplet into a stop codon, thus prematurely terminating the polypeptide chain during protein synthesis.

interjection

Used to express disagreement or exasperation.

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