Incoherence
noun
The quality of being unclear or not connected in a logical way.
His speech was full of incoherence, making it difficult to get his point.
Often appears as...
- show signs of incoherence
- speech full of incoherence
noun
The state of not holding together or not making sense.
There was a frustrating incoherence in the findings of the research.
Often appears as...
- frustrating incoherence
- experiencing incoherence
noun
The quality of being unclear or not connected in a logical way.
His speech was full of incoherence, making it difficult to get his point.
Often appears as...
- show signs of incoherence
- speech full of incoherence
noun
The state of not holding together or not making sense.
There was a frustrating incoherence in the findings of the research.
Often appears as...
- frustrating incoherence
- experiencing incoherence
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Speech Clarity
Use 'incoherence' when describing speech that is hard to understand due to lack of clear connections.
The lecturer's incoherence left the students bewildered.
Pro Tip 2/3Confused Thoughts
'Incoherence' can reflect disorganized thoughts, not just spoken or written words.
His diary revealed a worrying level of incoherence.
Pro Tip 3/3Abstract Ideas
Incoherence can also describe abstract concepts which are difficult to understand.
They struggled with the incoherence of the philosophical text.
Compare with
chaosconfusionconsistencydisorderdisorganizationfuzzinessjumblemuddle
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Video examples
A tale of mental illness...
people with my thoughts I sometimes have the idea that nuclear explosions are about to be set off in my brain occasionally I have hallucinations like one time I turned around and saw a man with a raised knife imagine having a nightmare while you're awake often speech and thinking become disorganized to the point of incoherence
Video examples
A tale of mental illness...
I sometimes have the idea that nuclear explosions are about to be set off in my brain. Occasionally, I have hallucinations, like one time I turned around and saw a man with a raised knife. Imagine having a nightmare while you're awake. Often, speech and thinking become disorganized to the point of incoherence.
Video examples
A tale of mental illness...
people with my thoughts I sometimes have the idea that nuclear explosions are about to be set off in my brain occasionally I have hallucinations like one time I turned around and saw a man with a raised knife imagine having a nightmare while you're awake often speech and thinking become disorganized to the point of incoherence
Video examples
A tale of mental illness...
I sometimes have the idea that nuclear explosions are about to be set off in my brain. Occasionally, I have hallucinations, like one time I turned around and saw a man with a raised knife. Imagine having a nightmare while you're awake. Often, speech and thinking become disorganized to the point of incoherence.
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Joanna Scott
American Author
Writing that flirts with incoherence can just as readily flounder as writing characterized by simplicity and composure. There is no reliable formula for originality, and strategies that are distinguished as innovative in their first incarnation can quickly become stale in the hands of lesser artists.
Quote examples
J. D. Vance
American Author
We'll rail against the way the government has destroyed our health care market in one breath and resist the support offered to the poor and middle class to navigate this brokenness with the other. This is not conservative; it is incoherence masquerading as ideological purity.
Quote examples
David Bohm
American Scientist
And thought struggles against the results, trying to avoid those unpleasant results while keeping on with that way of thinking. That is what I call 'sustained incoherence.
Quote examples
Joanna Scott
American Author
Writing that flirts with incoherence can just as readily flounder as writing characterized by simplicity and composure. There is no reliable formula for originality, and strategies that are distinguished as innovative in their first incarnation can quickly become stale in the hands of lesser artists.
Quote examples
J. D. Vance
American Author
We'll rail against the way the government has destroyed our health care market in one breath and resist the support offered to the poor and middle class to navigate this brokenness with the other. This is not conservative; it is incoherence masquerading as ideological purity.
Quote examples
David Bohm
American Scientist
And thought struggles against the results, trying to avoid those unpleasant results while keeping on with that way of thinking. That is what I call 'sustained incoherence.
Example 1 of 3
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