Incoherency
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Incoherency is a noun meaning (uncountable) The quality of being incoherent; lack of coherence.
Meaning
(uncountable) The quality of being incoherent; lack of coherence.
More Meanings
- (countable) A thing which is incoherent.
Example Sentences
Incoherency had overtaken his speech, but he was unaware of it.
Pardon, madam, the haste and incoherency of scrawls penned at so trying a moment.
‘It can make no change. You do not understand my position,’ returned the doctor, with a certain incoherency of manner.
[…] he took into his large moist palm the dry little hand of his friend, while they both broke out into the incoherencies of people meeting after a long time.
Word Forms
- incoherencies
Synonyms for incoherency
Depending on context, synonyms include incoherence, unintelligibility.
Antonyms for incoherency
Common opposites include cohesion, coherence, cohesiveness, coherency.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include incoherence, unintelligibility, incompatibility, inconsistentness, decoherency, incoincidence.
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