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incoherence

incoherence

2 definitions found for incoherence

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Incoherence \In`co*her"ence\, Incoherency \In`co*her"en*cy\, n.
     [Cf. F. incoh['e]rence.]
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     1. The quality or state of being incoherent; lack of
        coherence; lack of cohesion or adherence. --Boyle.
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     2. Lack of connection; incongruity; inconsistency; lack of
        agreement or dependence of one part on another; as, the
        incoherence of arguments, facts, etc.
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              Incoherences in matter, and suppositions without
              proofs, put handsomely together, are apt to pass for
              strong reason.                        --Locke.
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     3. That which is incoherent.
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              Crude incoherencies . . . and nauseous tautologies.
                                                    --South.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :

  incoherence
      n 1: lack of cohesion or clarity or organization [syn:
           incoherence, incoherency] [ant: coherence,
           coherency, cohesion, cohesiveness]
      2: nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible [syn:
         incoherence, incoherency, unintelligibility]