incoherence : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: incoherence	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
incoherence n lack of cohesion or clarity or organization [syn: incoherence, incoherency] Antonym(s): coherence, coherency, cohesion, cohesiveness nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible Synonym(s): incoherence, incoherency, unintelligibility
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Incoherence \In`coher"ence\, Incoherency \In`coher"ency\, n. [Cf. F. incoh[82]rence.] 1. The quality or state of being incoherent; want of coherence; want of cohesion or adherence. --Boyle. 2. Want of connection; incongruity; inconsistency; want of agreement or dependence of one part on another; as, the incoherence* of arguments, facts, etc. Incoherences in matter, and suppositions without proofs, put handsomely together, are apt to pass for strong reason. --Locke. 3. That which is incoherent. Crude incoherencies . . . and nauseous tautologies. --South.