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incoherence

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in·co·her·ence  (nk-hîrns)
n.
1. The condition or quality of being incoherent.
2. Something incoherent.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.incoherence - lack of cohesion or clarity or organization
incoherency
disconnectedness, disconnection, disjunction, disjuncture - state of being disconnected
disjointedness - lacking order or coherence
coherence, coherency, cohesion, cohesiveness - the state of cohering or sticking together
2.incoherenceincoherence - nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible
unintelligibility, incoherency
hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, bunk - a message that seems to convey no meaning
word salad - jumble of incoherent speech as sometimes heard in schizophrenia
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Whereupon Victor administered a rebuke in the form of a volley of abuse, which, owing to its rapidity and incoherence, was all but incomprehensible to Edna.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Chopin, Kate View in context
And here the incoherence coming on very strong, Mrs Varden wept, and laughed, and sobbed, and shivered, and hiccoughed, and choked; and said she knew it was very foolish but she couldn't help it; and that when she was dead and gone, perhaps they would be sorry for it--which really under the circumstances did not appear quite so probable as she seemed to think--with a great deal more to the same effect.
Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context
There is a striking incoherence in the objections which have appeared, and sometimes even from the same quarter, not much calculated to inspire a very favorable opinion of the sincerity or fair dealing of their authors.
Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context
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