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 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   |  |  |  |  | Websites: |  |  |  |  |  |  | Synonyms: |  | incoherency, incoherency, unintelligibility |  |  |  |  | Antonyms: |  | coherence, coherency, cohesion, cohesiveness |  |  |  |  | See Also: |  | disconnectedness, disconnection, disjointedness, disjunction, disjuncture, hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, word salad |  |     |  |  Webster's 1913 Dictionary |  |  |  |  | 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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