At the core of our study is the way each approach can illuminate the process of sense-making by its opposite, which we call "non-sense".
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Non-sense
Synonyms for "non-sense" (303 found)
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Closest matches (61)
Noun(34 words)
drivelgibberishprattlefiddle faddleabsurdityabsurdnessamphigoryanticsapplesaucebabblebabblementbalderdashbaloneybibble-babblebilgeblabberblahblatherblatherskiteblether
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Verb(2 words)
Strong matches (91)
Noun(47 words)
Verb(1 words)
Related words (151)
greekguffhocus pocushocus-pocushogwashhokumhooeyhorsefeathershorseplayhot airhumbuginanityinsanityjabberjabberwockyjargonjazzjestingjiggery-pokeryjokes
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jokingludicrousnessmadnessmalarkeymischiefmonkey businessmonkeyshinesmonstrousnessmoonshinemumbo jumbomumbo-jumbonarrishkeitniaiserienonsensicalnonsensicalityoutrageousnesspack of nonsensepalaverpifflepoppycockprankspratepreposterousnesspufferypunkrantridiculousnessrigamarolerigmarolerodomontaderomancerotrubbishshenanigansshitsillinessskimble-skambleslaverstuff and nonsensestultiloquenceswilltalktomfoolerytommyrottrashtrickstripetrumperytwaddletwattletwiddle-twaddlevaporingwafflewafflingwaggishnesswildness
Noun(71 words)
greekguffguphoaxhocus-pocushogwashhooeyhorlickshorse cockhorse hockeyhorse pisshorse puckeyhorsefeathershorseshithumbugirish bulljabberjargonjibber-jabberjimjam
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jivejunklallationliemacaronimalarkeymanuremisinformationmoonshinemumbo jumbonertznonsensicalitypie in the skypifflepigswillpile of shitpoppycockprattleput-onrhubarbrhubarb rhubarbrigmarolerotrubbishrusesantorumshitshitesillinessskimble-skamblesquitstorystuffstuff and nonsensestupidityterminological inexactitudetommy-rottoshtrashtripetrittle trattletrumperytushtwaddleunreasoninguntruthwasswhiff-whaffwibbleword saladyarbles
Intj(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
something about this passage may have actually affected me, which I know doesn't exactly follow, especially since that would imply something in it really does make sense, and I just got finished calling it non-sense.
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The non-sense syllable HOX is remembered as COCK and the non-sense syllable GAH is remembered as GOAT.
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