irrelevancy

Thân thiện

The speaker dismissed the comment as an irrelevancy during the meeting.

Definition

Noun: 1. The state or quality of being unrelated or not applicable to the matter being considered: It refers to a lack of connection or pertinence to the current subject, issue, or discussion. 2. An irrelevant point, detail, or thing: It can also refer to a specific instance of something that is not relevant.

Usage and Examples

• As an abstract concept (state/quality):
  • The main criticism of his argument was its complete irrelevancy to the central question.
  • The judge warned the lawyer about the irrelevancy of that line of questioning.
• As a concrete instance (a specific irrelevant thing):
  • His long anecdote about his vacation was a distracting irrelevancy during the budget meeting.
  • The report was cluttered with statistical irrelevancies that obscured the core findings.

Advanced Usage

• "To point out the irrelevancy of something": To identify and state that something is not connected to the topic.
  • She quickly pointed out the irrelevancy of the historical example to our modern technical problem.
• "An argument from irrelevancy": A logical fallacy where an argument is dismissed not on its merits, but by claiming it is unrelated (often incorrectly).

Variants and Related Words

• Irrelevant (adj): Not connected with or relevant to something.
  • That fact is interesting but irrelevant to the case.
• Relevancy/Relevance (n): The state of being closely connected or appropriate. (This is the direct opposite).
  • The relevance of this data to the hypothesis is clear.

Synonyms

• Immateriality: The quality of being irrelevant or unimportant.
• Inapplicability: The state of not being relevant or appropriate.
• Extraneousness: The quality of being unrelated or coming from the outside.

Antonyms

• Relevance/Relevancy
• Pertinence
• Applicability
• Germaneness

Học thuật

Noun

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

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