incoherence
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incoherence
- /ˌɪnkəʊˈhɪəɹəns/
Where it comes from
From in- + coherence, formed on model of Italian incoerenza.
noun incoherences
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The quality of not making logical sense or of not being logically connected.
HE DESCENDED, signifieth a voluntarie motion, where as the bodie dead hath neither WILL nor MOTION. […] Though therefore this exposition cannot be charged with falsitie, for Christ was trulie buried; yet may it not bee endured by reason of […] the improprietie and incoherence of the worde, that a de
Similar: unintelligibility
- The quality of not holding together physically. 1669, Robert Boyle, “The History of Fluidity and Firmness,” Section 16, in Certain Physiological Essays and Other Tracts, London: Henry Herringman, p. 182, […] if it [Salt-Petre] be beaten into an impalpable powder, this powder, when it is pour’d out, will emulate a Liquor, by reason that the smalln
- Something incoherent; something that does not make logical sense or is not logically connected. […] Incoherences in Matter and Suppositions, without Proofs put handsomly together in good Words and a plausible Stile, are apt to pass for strong Reason and good Sense, till they come to be look’d into with Attention.
- Thinking or speech that is so disorganized that it is essentially inapprehensible to others.
Opposite: coherence
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noun
Opposite: coherence
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noun quality of being incoherent
| Español | incoherencia |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | असंगति asaṅgti, विसंगति visaṅgti |
| Français | incohérence |
| Deutsch | Zusammenhanglosigkeit, Inkohärenz |
| Italiano | incoerenza |
| Ελληνικά | ασυναρτησία asynartisía, ασυνέχεια asynécheia, ασυνάφεια asynáfeia |
| العربية | تَهَافُت tahāfut |
noun psychiatric term
| Русский | инкогере́нтность inkogeréntnostʹ, инкогере́нция inkogeréncija, бессвя́зность bessvjáznostʹ |
|---|
noun something incoherent
| Español | incoherencia, roca |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | असंगति asaṅgti |
| Français | incohérence |
| Ελληνικά | ασυναρτησία asynartisía |
Talk about this word "incoherence." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/incoherence. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. incoherence. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/incoherence "incoherence." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/incoherence.Cite this
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title = {incoherence},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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