counter-sense

And by getting that message out against this large counter-sense in the culture that religion has been excluded, we hope that it will resolve a lot of controversies -- which is not to say that there is anything that any of us could do to remove all of the controversies.

Briefing By Riley And Dellinger ITY National Archives 1995

As things stand at present such a suggestion is a mere counter-sense.

The Open Secret of Ireland 1898

The democratic group in Ireland, that group which everywhere holds the commission of the future, has long since declared that, to it, Home Rule would be a barren counter-sense unless it meant the redemption of the back streets.

The Open Secret of Ireland 1898

a counter-sense, one through dogmatic verdicts and through the strengthening of discipline and the other by ever-increasing discoveries and by useful applications, each adding daily to its authority, one by precious inventions and the other by good works, each being recognized for what it is, one as the leading instructor of positive truths and the other as the leading instructor of sound morality.

The Modern Regime, Volume 2 Hippolyte Taine 1860