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incoherence.

The quality of being incoherent.

11 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˌɪnkəʊˈhɪəɹəns/
  1. The quality of being incoherent. The quality of not making logical sense or of not being logically connected.

    countable · uncountable
  2. The quality of being incoherent. The quality of not holding together physically.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
  3. Something incoherent; something that does not make logical sense or is not logically connected.

    countable
  4. Thinking or speech that is so disorganized that it is essentially inapprehensible to others.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin haereō Latin cohaereō Latin cohaerēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin cohaerentiader. Middle French coherenceder. English coherence English incoherence From in- + coherence, formed on model of Italian incoerenza.

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