Definition

1. Noun:
   • Nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible: Refers to speech, writing, or thought that is so confused, disordered, or illogical that it cannot be understood.
   • Lack of cohesion or clarity or organization: Refers to the state or quality of being incoherent; the absence of logical connection, clear structure, or orderly arrangement.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The fever caused him to speak in complete incoherency; his words were a jumble of unrelated phrases.
  • The report was criticized for its incoherency, as the arguments did not logically follow one another.
  • The incoherency of his explanation made it impossible to determine what had actually happened.

Advanced Usage

• "Sheer incoherency": Used to emphasize a total and complete lack of sense or logic.
  • The politician's response was sheer incoherency, leaving the audience more confused than before.
• "Sink into incoherency": Describes a gradual or sudden decline into a state where one can no longer speak or think clearly.
  • As the debate grew more heated, his arguments began to sink into incoherency.

Variants and Related Words

• Incoherent (adj): Lacking clarity or logical connection; not coherent.
  • He gave an incoherent account of the accident.
• Incoherently (adv): In an incoherent manner.
  • She mumbled incoherently before falling asleep.
• Incoherence (n): This is the more common and preferred form, identical in meaning to "incoherency." "Incoherency" is a valid but less frequently used variant.
  • The incoherence of the policy has led to widespread confusion.

Synonyms

• Illogicality: The quality of being illogical.
• Unintelligibility: The quality of being impossible to understand.
• Disjointedness: Lacking a coherent sequence or connection.
• Inarticulateness: Inability to speak clearly or express ideas clearly.

Antonyms

• Coherence: The quality of being logical, consistent, and forming a unified whole.
• Clarity: The quality of being clear and easy to understand.
• Lucidity: Clearness of thought or style.
• Intelligibility: The quality of being able to be understood.

Noun

1. nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible
2. lack of cohesion or clarity or organization