IRRELEVANCE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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 ("irrelevance" is a kind of...):

unconnectedness (the lack of a connection between things)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "irrelevance"):

inapplicability (irrelevance by virtue of being inapplicable to the matter at hand)

immateriality (complete irrelevance requiring no further consideration)

Antonym:

relevance (the relation of something to the matter at hand)

Derivation:

irrelevant (having no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue)