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IRRELEVANCY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand
Synonyms:
irrelevance; irrelevancy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("irrelevancy" is a kind of...):
unconnectedness (the lack of a connection between things)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "irrelevancy"):
inapplicability (irrelevance by virtue of being inapplicable to the matter at hand)
immateriality (complete irrelevance requiring no further consideration)
Derivation:
irrelevant (having no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue)