non sequitur

Noun
  1. A reply that has no relevance to what preceded it (synset 107214474)
    is a type of: reply, response - the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange
  2. (logic) a conclusion that does not follow from the premises (synset 105789660)
    referred to in: logic - the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference
    is a type of: conclusion - an intuitive assumption

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