non-sens

See also: nonsens and Nonsens

French

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Noun

non-sens m (plural non-sens)

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

(absurd statement): absurdité, bêtise
(contradictory statement): contresens (rhetorics and translation)

Further reading

“non-sens”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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