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INCOHERENCE
incoherence, incoherency, unintelligibility
(noun) nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible
incoherence, incoherency
(noun) lack of cohesion or clarity or organization
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
incoherence (countable and uncountable, plural incoherences)
(uncountable) The quality of being incoherent.
The quality of not making logical sense or of not being logically connected.
(obsolete) The quality of not holding together physically.
(countable) Something incoherent; something that does not make logical sense or is not logically connected.
(psychiatry) Thinking or speech that is so disorganized that it is essentially inapprehensible to others.
Synonyms
• (quality of not making logical sense): unintelligibility
Antonyms
• coherence
Anagrams
• coinherence
Source: Wiktionary
In`co*her"ence, In`co*her"en*cy, n. Etym: [Cf. F. incohérence.]
1. The quality or state of being incoherent; want of coherence; want of cohesion or adherence. Boyle.
2. Want of connection; incongruity; inconsistency; want of agreement or dependence of one part on another; as, the incoherence of arguments, facts, etc. Incoherences in matter, and suppositions without proofs, put handsomely together, are apt to pass for strong reason. Locke.
3. That which is incoherent. Crude incoherencies . . . and nauseous tautologies. South.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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