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单词 inconsequence
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inconsequencen.

/ɪnˈkɒnsɪkwəns/
Etymology: < Latin inconsequentia (Quintil.), < inconsequent-em inconsequent adj. and n. So French inconséquence (17th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter).
The fact or quality of being inconsequent; an instance of this.
1.
a. Want of logical sequence; the character of an inference that does not follow from the premisses, or of an argument involving such an inference; inconclusiveness, illogicalness.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > lack of reasoning, illogicality > [noun]
inconsequence1588
flashness1604
illogicalness1657
illogicality1830
unlogic1843
illogic1856
non-consequence1856
alogism1866
alogicality1907
alogic1935
1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike i. ii. f. 7v Syllogismes are the true and onely rules of consequence and inconsequence.
1653 T. Gataker Vindic. Annot. Jer. 10.2 174 Mr. S. himself could not but see the inconsequence of his own argument.
1764 R. Hurd Let. to Rev. Dr. Leland 49 Strange! that you should not see the inconsequence of your own reasoning.
1862 Sat. Rev. 18 Mar. 298 With a ludicrous inconsequence it labours to establish a necessary connexion between the mere consolidation of grants and efficiency in fundamental instruction.
b. (with plural) An instance of this; a conclusion that does not follow from the premisses; an illogical inference or piece of reasoning.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > lack of reasoning, illogicality > [noun] > false conclusion
non sequitur1564
inconsequence1605
misconclusion1609
inconsequencya1641
inconsequent1643
non-consequence1649
inconsequentiality1832
overgeneralization1851
1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Rr2v Men are vndermined by Inconsequences . View more context for this quotation
1656 T. Hobbes Questions Liberty, Necessity & Chance 327 And from will work, to doth work upon absolute necessity, is another grosse inconsequence.
1828 W. Sewell Oxf. Prize Ess. 42 We cannot, without a gross inconsequence, deny them a proportionate result.
2. Want of sequence or natural connection of ideas, actions, or events; irrelevance; disconnexion, inconsecutiveness; an instance of this, an irrelevant action or circumstance.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > relevance or pertinence > [noun] > irrelevancy
impertinency1569
irrelevancy1592
impertinence1616
inapplicability1673
inconsequentness1727
inapplicationa1806
inconsequence1842
irrelevance1842
far-fetchednessa1849
inconsequentiality1850
inappositeness1893
inconsequentialism1893
inconsequentialness1931
non-status1964
the world > relative properties > relationship > relevance or pertinence > [noun] > irrelevancy > something irrelevant
stravagant1565
impertinent1566
impertinacy1584
impertinence1588
impertinency1618
parergy1646
inconsequence1842
1842 E. A. Poe Myst. Marie Rogêt in Wks. (1864) I. 232 The whole of this paragraph must now appear a tissue of inconsequence and incoherence.
1846 E. A. Poe N. P. Willis in Wks. (1864) III. 33 The plot was a tissue of absurdities, inconsequences and inconsistencies.
1865 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire (new ed.) VIII. lxiii. 16 The inconsequence of the proceeding might easily be overlooked.
3. As a quality of persons, their thought, or action: (a) the practice or habit of drawing inconsequent inferences; illogicalness of reasoning; (b) the practice or habit of speaking or acting disconnectedly or without sequence.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > lack of reasoning, illogicality > [noun] > incongruity, inconsistency
inconveniencec1460
contradiction1613
inconveniency1662
contradictiousness1664
contradictedness1670
inconsequentness1727
contradictoriness1733
inconsequence1817
contradictiveness1829
inconsequentism1829
inconsequentiality1832
1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. 104 That fortunate inconsequence of our nature which permits the heart to rectify the errors of the understanding.
1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh vi. 229 For what is lightness but inconsequence, Vague fluctuation 'twixt effect and cause, Compelled by neither?
1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda III. v. xxxviii. 139 That mingling of inconsequence which belongs to us all, and not unhappily, since it saves us from many effects of mistake.
4. The being of no consequence or importance.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun]
smallness1541
nothingness1646
nonentity1654
insignificancy1661
non-significancy1670
insignificance1714
unimportance1751
inconsequence1759
non-entityism1846
negligibility1896
negligibleness1906
1759 Compl. Let.-writer (ed. 6) 218 My extreme inconsequence, and the little I can say.
1812 J. J. Henry Accurate Acct. Campaign against Quebec 80 Being without arms, and in an unknown country, my inconsequence, and futileness lay heavy on my spirits.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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