incoherency
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Definition
- 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
- nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible
- lack of cohesion or clarity or organization