Word Meanings - INCONSEQUENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Not following from the premises; not regularly inferred; invalid; not characterized by logical method; illogical; arbitrary; inconsistent; of no consequence. Loose and inconsequent conjectures. Sir T. Browne.

Related words: (words related to INCONSEQUENT)

• FOLLOWING EDGE
  See ABOVE
• METHODIST
  Of or pertaining to the sect of Methodists; as, Methodist hymns; a Methodist elder.
• INFERRIBLE
  Inferable.
• METHOD
  Classification; a mode or system of classifying natural objects according to certain common characteristics; as, the method of Theophrastus; the method of Ray; the Linnæan method. Syn. -- Order; system; rule; regularity; way; manner; mode; course;
• INVALIDE
  See N
• INCONSISTENTLY
  In an inconsistent manner.
• CONSEQUENCE
  A proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions; any conclusion which results from reason or argument; inference. 3. Chain of causes and effects; consecution. Such fatal consequence unites us three. Milton. Link follows
• METHODIZE
  To reduce to method; to dispose in due order; to arrange in a convenient manner; as, to methodize one's work or thoughts. Spectator.
• INVALIDITY
  1. Want of validity or cogency; want of legal force or efficacy; invalidness; as, the invalidity of an agreement or of a will. 2. Want of health; infirmity. Sir W. Temple.
• LOOSEN
  Etym: 1. To make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness, or fixedness; to make less dense or compact; as, to loosen a string, or a knot; to loosen a rock in the earth. After a year's rooting, then shaking doth the tree good by loosening
• METHODIC; METHODICAL
  1. Arranged with regard to method; disposed in a suitable manner, or in a manner to illustrate a subject, or to facilitate practical observation; as, the methodical arrangement of arguments; a methodical treatise. "Methodical regularity." Addison.
• METHODIOS
  The art and principles of method.
• INCONSEQUENTNESS
  Inconsequence.
• ILLOGICAL
  Ignorant or negligent of the rules of logic or correct reasoning; as, an illogical disputant; contrary of the rules of logic or sound reasoning; as, an illogical inference. -- Il*log"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Il*log"ic*al*ness, n.
• INCONSISTENTNESS
  Inconsistency.
• INVALIDATION
  The act of inavlidating, or the state of being invalidated. So many invalidations of their right. Burke.
• METHODIZER
  One who methodizes.
• LOOSESTRIFE
  The name of several species of plants of the genus Lysimachia, having small star-shaped flowers, usually of a yellow color. Any species of the genus Lythrum, having purple, or, in some species, crimson flowers. Gray. False loosestrife, a plant
• FOLLOWING
  1. One's followers, adherents, or dependents, collectively. Macaulay. 2. Vocation; business; profession.
• LOGICALNESS
  The quality of being logical.
• MARTYROLOGIC; MARTYROLOGICAL
  Pertaining to martyrology or martyrs; registering, or registered in, a catalogue of martyrs.
• HOROLOGICAL
  Relating to a horologe, or to horology.
• EPIDEMIOLOGICAL
  Connected with, or pertaining to, epidemiology.
• INCONSEQUENCE
  The quality or state of being inconsequent; want of just or logical inference or argument; inconclusiveness. Bp. Stillingfleet. Strange, that you should not see the inconsequence of your own reasoning! Bp. Hurd.
• ANTHROPOLOGIC; ANTHROPOLOGICAL
  Pertaining to anthropology; belonging to the nature of man. "Anthropologic wisdom." Kingsley. -- An`thro*po*log"ic*al*ly, adv.
• SOCIOLOGIC; SOCIOLOGICAL
  Of or pertaining to sociology, or social science. -- So`ci*o*log"ic*al*ly, adv.
• METALOGICAL
  Beyond the scope or province of logic.
• ONTOLOGICAL
  Of or pertaining to ontology.
• OROLOGICAL
  Of or pertaining to orology.
• AEROLOGIC; AEROLOGICAL
  Of or pertaining to aërology.
• ASTROLOGIC; ASTROLOGICAL
  Of or pertaining to astrology; professing or practicing astrology. "Astrologi learning." Hudibras. "Astrological prognostication." Cudworth. -- As`tro*log"ic*al*ly, adv.
• ASSYRIOLOGICAL
  Of or pertaining to Assyriology; as, Assyriological studies.
• PHYSIOLOGICALLY
  In a physiological manner.
• MAMMALOGICAL
  Of or pertaining to mammalogy.
• HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
  Of or pertaining to hydrometeorology, or to rain, clouds, storms, etc.
• GLOSSOLOGICAL
  Of or pertaining to glossology.
• PHONOLOGIC; PHONOLOGICAL
  Of or pertaining to phonology.
• BIOLOGIC; BIOLOGICAL
  Of or relating to biology. -- Bi`o*log"ic*al*ly, adv.
• MYTHOLOGIC; MYTHOLOGICAL
  Of or pertaining to mythology or to myths; mythical; fabulous. -- Myth`o*log"ic*al*ly, adv.