noun
incoherence
Incoherence (noun) means How incoherent something is.
noun
1
How incoherent something is.
2
A lack of clear sense or logical connection between ideas.
"Lily’s head was so heavy with the weight of a sleepless night that the chatter of her companions had the incoherence of a dream."
— Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth (1905)
"My grandfather, accustomed to the multifarious conjugations of ancient Greek verbs, had found English, for all its incoherence, a relatively simple tongue to master."
— Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex (2002)
3
A lack of physical unity; not holding together as one piece.
4
Something that fails to make sense or hang together logically.
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unintelligibility
incoherency
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What is the meaning of incoherence?
"incoherence" (noun) means how incoherent something is.
What is another word for incoherence?
Other words for "incoherence" include unintelligibility, incoherency.
What is the opposite of incoherence?
The opposite of "incoherence" is coherence.
What are the different meanings of incoherence?
"incoherence" has 3 main meanings: 1. How incoherent something is; 2. A lack of clear sense or logical connection between ideas; 3. A lack of physical unity; not holding together as one piece.
