单词 | inconsequence |
释义 | inconsequencen. 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. 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). < n.1588 |
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