nonargument

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A form of non-argument — A flawed argument.

OriginEnglish argument ← Middle English argument ← Anglo-Norman arguement →
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Meanings

nounnonargument (plural nonarguments)

plural nonarguments

  1. alternativeAlternative form of non-argument.

    The attempts to disguise nonarguments to make them look like arguments fall into several patterns.

    1989, Robert Baum, Logic

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂erǵ-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂érǵus
  16. Proto-Italic*argusder.?
  17. Latinarguō
  18. Latinargūmentum
  19. Anglo-Normanarguement
  20. Middle Englishargument
  21. Englishargument
  22. Englishnonargument

From non- + argument.

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APA

nonargument. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonargument

MLA

“nonargument.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonargument. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonargument,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonargument.

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