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non sequitur
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synonyms: paralogism, sophism, speciousness, spuriousness, casuistry ???
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Definition:1. a logical fallacy where the conclusion does not follow from the premise2. an unexplainable, abrupt occurance
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Uses:
"I wish you'd get married," Mrs. Glass said, abruptly, wistfully.
Everyone in the Glass family - Zooey certainly not least - was familiar with this sort of nonsequitur from Mrs. Glass.
J.D. Salinger. Franny and Zooey, p.105 (1955)
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"Are you still not married?" he asks me. It's not a pass; it's a signature non sequitur of the kind the Unbearable Intellectual is renowned for.
John Irving. A Widow for One Year, p.354 (1998)
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