
Meaning of INCOHERENCE
| Pronunciation: | | `inkow'heeruns
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- [n] nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible
- [n] lack of cohesion or clarity or organization
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| | Synonyms: | | incoherency, incoherency, unintelligibility |
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| | Antonyms: | | coherence, coherency, cohesion, cohesiveness | | |
| | See Also: | | disconnectedness, disconnection, disjointedness, disjunction, disjuncture, hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, word salad | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In`co*her"ence\, Incoherency \In`co*her"en*cy\, n.
[Cf. F. incoh['e]rence.]
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.
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