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
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.
• (quality of not making logical sense): unintelligibility
• coherence
• 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
15 January 2025
(verb) have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices; “She bears the title of Duchess”; “He held the governorship for almost a decade”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
