incoherence
pronunciation
How to pronounce incoherence in British English:
UK [ˌɪnkəʊ'hɪərəns]
How to pronounce incoherence in American English:
US [ˌɪnkoˈhɪrəns]
-
- Noun:
- lack of cohesion or clarity or organization
- nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible
Word Origin
- incoherence (n.)
- 1610s, formed from in- (1) "not" + coherence on model of Italian incoerenza.
Example
- 1. The incoherence of his talk .
- 2. Already mr hollande is open to charges of incoherence : he has supported deficit-cutting ( but not the writing of a balanced-budget rule into the constitution ) , yet he proposes to create 60000 new teaching jobs .
- 3. The level of consciousness deteriorates from confusion and despair to disinterest , incoherence and eventual unconsciousness .
- 4. This incoherence amounts to merely a denial either of the meaning of the fqp , or an unwillingness to face its meaning .
- 5. While jondrette thus talked , with an apparent incoherence which detracted nothing from the thoughtful and sagacious expression of his physiognomy , marius raised his eyes , and perceived at the other end of the room a person whom he had not seen before .