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noun
The quality of being incoherent; lack of coherence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
A thing which is incoherent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, usually
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noun
nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: incoherence, unintelligibility
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Broader terms: nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum
Narrower terms: word salad
noun
lack of cohesion or clarity or organization
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: incoherence
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: disjunction, disjuncture, disconnection, disconnectedness
Narrower terms: disjointedness
History
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 cohaerentia English coherency English incoherency From in- + coherency or incoherent + -cy.
