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Nonsens — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • guff noun (informal) Nonsense; foolish or empty talk.
  • humbug noun Nonsense, deception, or something meant to trick or mislead people.
  • non sequitur noun A statement or reply that does not follow logically from what came before, so that the connection is missing or absurd.
  • nonsense noun Words, ideas, or behavior that make no sense or have no logical meaning.

Senses

Nonsens is used for these senses in English:

  • guff (informal, uncountable) Nonsensical talk or thinking.
  • humbug (uncountable, slang) Nonsense.
  • non sequitur (logic) Any invalid argument in which the conclusion cannot be logically deduced from the premises.
  • nonsense Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning.
  • nonsense An untrue statement.

guff — full definition

  1. noun (informal) Nonsense; foolish or empty talk.
  2. noun (informal) Cheeky or disrespectful backtalk.

humbug — full definition

  1. noun Nonsense, deception, or something meant to trick or mislead people.
  2. noun A hard, striped mint candy, especially popular in Britain.

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