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Definition of Irrelevancy

1. Noun. The lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand.

Definition of Irrelevancy

1. Noun. The quality of being irrelevant or inapplicable; lack of pertinence or connection. ¹

2. Noun. A thing that is irrelevant—having no bearing on the subject of discussion. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Irrelevancy

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Irrelevancy

Literary usage of Irrelevancy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Art and the Business of Story Writing by Walter B. Pitkin (1922)
"irrelevancy and ii. Over-intensification. i. irrelevancy. Many writers admit matter to their pages 'because it is really connected with the story' or ..."

2. A Treatise on the Law of Criminal Evidence: Including the Rules Regulating by Harry Clay Underhill (1898)
"Mode of proof—irrelevancy of personal opinions—Derogatory rumors in rebuttal.—Character, ie, the general reputation which the accused possesses and enjoys ..."

3. Problems of Science by Federigo Enriques (1914)
"THE irrelevancy OF THE MECHANICAL EXPLANATION IN BIOLOGY. The preceding considerations show that the mechanical hypothesis, taken in its generic ..."

4. A Treatise on the Practice of the Court of Chancery: With an Appendix of by John Sidney Smith (1842)
"For irrelevancy in report will not lie, 370. Who may take exceptions, 370. Within what time, 370. Under what circumstances, 371. Why separate exceptions are ..."

5. Italian Fantasies by Israel Zangwill (1910)
"... OR THE irrelevancy OF SCIENCE I DID not need the lesson of the Scala ballet — Civilta inspired by Luce and chasing Tenebre. ..."

6. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice: Under the Codes and Practice Acts by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1901)
"... but such words are properly deemed merely descriptio persones or are rejected altogether as irrelevancy and surplusage;* and this 1. ..."

7. An Outline of Logic by Boyd Henry Bode (1910)
"B. irrelevancy, or Ignoring the Question.—A second form of false assumption consists in proving something quite other than the point at issue. ..."

8. The Theory of Our National Existence: As Shown by the Action of the by John Codman Hurd (1881)
"... irrelevancy of White v. Hart. the application of the proceeds; but, whether the purchaser took the property, not in the ordinary course of trade in such ..."

9. The Art and the Business of Story Writing by Walter B. Pitkin (1922)
"irrelevancy and ii. Over-intensification. i. irrelevancy. Many writers admit matter to their pages 'because it is really connected with the story' or ..."

10. A Treatise on the Law of Criminal Evidence: Including the Rules Regulating by Harry Clay Underhill (1898)
"Mode of proof—irrelevancy of personal opinions—Derogatory rumors in rebuttal.—Character, ie, the general reputation which the accused possesses and enjoys ..."

11. Problems of Science by Federigo Enriques (1914)
"THE irrelevancy OF THE MECHANICAL EXPLANATION IN BIOLOGY. The preceding considerations show that the mechanical hypothesis, taken in its generic ..."

12. A Treatise on the Practice of the Court of Chancery: With an Appendix of by John Sidney Smith (1842)
"For irrelevancy in report will not lie, 370. Who may take exceptions, 370. Within what time, 370. Under what circumstances, 371. Why separate exceptions are ..."

13. Italian Fantasies by Israel Zangwill (1910)
"... OR THE irrelevancy OF SCIENCE I DID not need the lesson of the Scala ballet — Civilta inspired by Luce and chasing Tenebre. ..."

14. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice: Under the Codes and Practice Acts by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1901)
"... but such words are properly deemed merely descriptio persones or are rejected altogether as irrelevancy and surplusage;* and this 1. ..."

15. An Outline of Logic by Boyd Henry Bode (1910)
"B. irrelevancy, or Ignoring the Question.—A second form of false assumption consists in proving something quite other than the point at issue. ..."

16. The Theory of Our National Existence: As Shown by the Action of the by John Codman Hurd (1881)
"... irrelevancy of White v. Hart. the application of the proceeds; but, whether the purchaser took the property, not in the ordinary course of trade in such ..."

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