Hypertext Webster Gateway: "incoherence"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Incoherence \In`co*her"ence\, Incoherency \In`co*her"en*cy\, n.
[Cf. F. incoh['e]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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
incoherence
n 1: lack of cohesion or clarity or organization [syn: {incoherency}]
[ant: {coherence}]
2: nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible [syn:
{incoherency}, {unintelligibility}]
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