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Definition of Irrelevance
1. Noun. The lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand.
Generic synonyms: Unconnectedness
Specialized synonyms: Inapplicability, Immateriality
Derivative terms: Irrelevant, Irrelevant
Antonyms: Relevance
Definition of Irrelevance
1. Noun. lack of relationship with the topic at hand; lack of importance ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Irrelevance
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Irrelevance
Literary usage of Irrelevance
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Likelihood Principle by James O. Berger, Robert L. Wolpert (1988)
"Section 4.3.2 considers the situation of fixed (nonrandom) censoring, and
establishes a version of the irrelevance of censoring mechanisms called Censoring ..."
2. English Composition and Rhetoric by Alexander Bain (1890)
"A shock of surprise is given by seeming irrelevance. ... The gentleman with the
foolish teeth,' is an irrelevance, but the author's intention is plain. ..."
3. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"... most delightful irrelevance ; and "The Hunting of the Snark" is a marvel of
inconsequential humor: They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with ..."
4. The Theological and Literary Journal (1850)
"An argument of more extraordinary irrelevance and error, it has never, we believe,
been our lot to encounter. It proceeds on the mistaken and portentous ..."
5. Manual of Procedure in the Public Business of the House of Commons by Courtenay Ilbert (1908)
"The Speaker, or the chairman of a irrelevance committee of the whole house, or
the chair- or repetition. man of R standing committee, after having called ..."
6. Jurisprudence, Or, The Theory of the Law by John William Salmond (1907)
"... Exceptions to the irrelevance of Motives. Criminal attempts constitute, as \ve
have seen, the first of the exceptions to the rule that a person's ..."
7. The Likelihood Principle by James O. Berger, Robert L. Wolpert (1988)
"Section 4.3.2 considers the situation of fixed (nonrandom) censoring, and
establishes a version of the irrelevance of censoring mechanisms called Censoring ..."
8. English Composition and Rhetoric by Alexander Bain (1890)
"A shock of surprise is given by seeming irrelevance. ... The gentleman with the
foolish teeth,' is an irrelevance, but the author's intention is plain. ..."
9. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"... most delightful irrelevance ; and "The Hunting of the Snark" is a marvel of
inconsequential humor: They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with ..."
10. The Theological and Literary Journal (1850)
"An argument of more extraordinary irrelevance and error, it has never, we believe,
been our lot to encounter. It proceeds on the mistaken and portentous ..."
11. Manual of Procedure in the Public Business of the House of Commons by Courtenay Ilbert (1908)
"The Speaker, or the chairman of a irrelevance committee of the whole house, or
the chair- or repetition. man of R standing committee, after having called ..."
12. Jurisprudence, Or, The Theory of the Law by John William Salmond (1907)
"... Exceptions to the irrelevance of Motives. Criminal attempts constitute, as \ve
have seen, the first of the exceptions to the rule that a person's ..."
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