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irrelevancy

[ ih-rel-uh-vuh n-see ]
/ ɪˈrɛl ə vən si /
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noun, plural ir·rel·e·van·cies.

irrelevance.

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RELATED WORDS

footnote, excursus, divagation, difference, aside, note, deviation, divergence, detour, variation, divergency, diversion, tangent, departure, episode, incident, parenthesis, wandering, excursion, deflection

Nearby words

  1. irregular verb,
  2. irregularity,
  3. irrelative,
  4. irrelatively,
  5. irrelevance,
  6. irrelevant,
  7. irrelievable,
  8. irreligion,
  9. irreligious,
  10. irremeable

Origin of irrelevancy

First recorded in 1795–1805; ir-2 + relevancy
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