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. - GLOSSOLOGICAL
Of or pertaining to glossology. - HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
Of or pertaining to hydrometeorology, or to rain, clouds, storms, etc. - 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.