non-sens
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Noun edit
- a situation or statement that is completely absurd or illogical
- a statement that is semantically, etymologically, or logically improper or contradictory
- (biology) nonsense, a type of damaged DNA sequence
Synonyms edit
- (absurd statement): absurdité, bêtise
- (contradictory statement): contresens (rhetorics and translation)
Further reading edit
- “non-sens”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.