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in·co·her·ence
(ĭn′kō-hîr′əns)n.
1. The condition or quality of being incoherent.
2. Something incoherent.
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in•co•her•ence
(ˌɪn koʊˈhɪər əns, -ˈhɛr-)n.
1. the quality or state of being incoherent.
2. something that is incoherent.
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Noun | 1. | incoherence - lack of cohesion or clarity or organization disjointedness - lacking order or coherence |
2. | incoherence - nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible word salad - jumble of incoherent speech as sometimes heard in schizophrenia |
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incoherence
noun unintelligibility, inarticulateness, disconnectedness, disjointedness Her incoherence was enough to tell him that something was wrong.
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Translations
تَفَكُّك، عَدَم تَماسُك
nesouvislost
mangel på sammenhæng
összefüggéstelenség
rugl; ósamkvæmni
nesúvislosť
abuk sabuk olma
incoherence
[ˌɪnkəʊˈhɪərəns] N [of ideas, policies] → incoherencia f, falta f de coherenciahis attempts to explain degenerated into incoherence → en su intento por dar una explicación cayó en la más absoluta incoherencia
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incoherence
n (of style, prose) → Zusammenhanglosigkeit f, → mangelnder Zusammenhang; with each drink his incoherence grew → seine Worte wurden mit jedem Glas wirrer or zusammenhangloser
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incoherent
(inkouˈhiərənt) adjective talking, writing etc in a way which is not easy to follow. He was quite incoherent with rage.
ˌincoˈherently adverbˌincoˈherence noun
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incoherence
n. incoherencia, falta de coordinación de las ideas.
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