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Definitions for incoherence
ˌɪn koʊˈhɪər əns, -ˈhɛr-in·co·her·ence

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. incoherence, incoherencynoun

    lack of cohesion or clarity or organization

  2. incoherence, incoherency, unintelligibilitynoun

    nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible

Wiktionary

  1. incoherencenoun

    The quality of being incoherent.

  2. incoherencenoun

    Something incoherent.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Incoherence, Incoherencynoun

    Etymology: in and coherence.

    I find that laying the intermediate ideas naked in their due order, shews the incoherence of the argumentations better than syllogisms. John Locke.

    Incoherences in matter, and suppositions without proofs, put handsomely together, are apt to pass for strong reason. John Locke.

    If plaister be beaten into an impalpable powder, when poured out it will emulate a liquor, by reason that the smalness and incoherence of the parts do both make them easy to be put into motion, and makes the pores they intercept so small, that they interrupt not the unity or continuity of the mass. Boyle.

ChatGPT

  1. incoherence

    Incoherence refers to a lack of clarity, order, or logical connection, causing something to be difficult to understand or making no sense. It can pertain to a person's speech or writing, a concept, idea, or strategy. It can also refer to a state of being confused or disoriented.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Incoherencenoun

    alt. of Incoherency

Wikidata

  1. Incoherence

    Incoherence is an album by Peter Hammill, released on his Fie! label in March 2004. Incoherence is a concept album about language, containing 14 tracks with soft transitions between them. The album was produced and played by Hammill himself, with contributions from Stuart Gordon on violin and David Jackson on flute and saxes. Incoherence is recognized by critics as ambitious and one of Hammill's major works.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of incoherence in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of incoherence in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of incoherence in a Sentence

  1. oscar wilde, Quoted in Ellmann:

    It often happens that the real tragedies in life occur in such an inarticulate manner that they hurt one by their crude violence, their absolute incoherence, their absurd want of meaning, their entire lack of style.

  2. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry:

    Commonly, people believe that defeat is characterized by a general bustle and a feverish rush. Bustle and rush are the signs of victory, not of defeat. Victory is a thing of action. It is a house in the act of being built. Every participant in victory sweats and puffs, carrying the stones for the building of the house. But defeat is a thing of weariness, of incoherence, of boredom. And above all of futility.

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  • عدم الترابطArabic
  • ασυνέχεια, ασυναρτησία, ασυνάφειαGreek
  • ristiriitaisuus, epäjohdonmukaisuus, sekavuus, epäyhtenäisyysFinnish
  • incohérenceFrench
  • ketidaklogisanIndonesian
  • непоследовательностьRussian
  • 不連貫Chinese

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