[syn: incoherence, incoherency, unintelligibility]
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
incoherency
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]