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Synonyms for non-sense


Grammar : Noun
Spell : non-sens, -suhns
Phonetic Transcription : ˈnɒn sɛns, -səns

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Définition of non-sense

Origin :
  • 1610s, from non- + sense; perhaps influenced by French nonsens.
  • As in jargon : noun specialized language; dialect
  • As in monkey business : noun shenanigans
  • As in nonsense : noun craziness, ridiculousness
  • As in paradox : noun contradiction, puzzle
  • As in shenanigans : noun mischief
  • As in sport : noun fun, joking
  • As in talk : noun gossip
  • As in trash : noun ridiculous communication
  • As in blabber : noun idle chatter
  • As in claptrap : noun empty talk
  • As in incoherence : noun disjointedness
  • As in pomposity : noun grandiloquence
  • As in preposterousness : noun extravagance
  • As in stupidity : noun dullness of mind
  • As in stupidity : noun extreme folly
  • As in double Dutch : noun incomprehensible talk or writing
  • As in double talk : noun talk intended to confuse
  • As in applesauce : noun baloney
  • As in blather : noun talk a lot
  • As in malarkey : noun silliness
  • As in trumpery : noun deception
  • As in blatherskite : noun blather
  • As in comicality : noun humor
  • As in comicalness : noun humor
  • As in craziness : noun foolishness
  • As in imbecility : noun foolishness
  • As in jabberwocky : noun babble
  • As in minutia : noun trivia
  • As in senselessness : noun foolishness
  • As in small potatoes : noun trivia
  • As in triviality : noun trivia
  • As in drivel : noun foolish talk
  • As in falderal : noun folderol, foolishness
  • As in fooling : noun joking, tricks
  • As in frivolity : noun silliness, childishness
  • As in fun : noun amusement, play
  • As in hocus-pocus : noun sleight of hand
Example sentences :
  • In the never-troubled silence of the oak's inmost heart, the sense of hearing would be a non-sense.
  • Extract from : « The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles » by Jean Henri Fabre
  • Kant is here playing on the double meaning of the German sinnleeres—empty of sense and non-sense.
  • Extract from : « A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' » by Norman Kemp Smith
  • And words whereby we conceive nothing but the sound, are those we call Absurd, insignificant, and Non-sense.
  • Extract from : « Leviathan » by Thomas Hobbes
  • A term is not of course a mere word; a mere word is non-sense, for a sound by itself is not a word at all.
  • Extract from : « Essays in Experimental Logic » by John Dewey
  • It would have been interesting, not as a testimony to Newton, but to the sense or non-sense of the examiners.
  • Extract from : « Pioneers of Science » by Oliver Lodge
  • To be trivial on a serious occasion, to be funereal at a banquet, to be long-winded ever—these are the marks of non-sense.
  • Extract from : « The Art of Public Speaking » by Dale Carnagey (AKA Dale Carnegie) and J. Berg Esenwein
  • The words were non-sense, as befitted the play, but the music was worthy of something better.
  • Extract from : « Whirligigs » by O. Henry

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