English

Noun

incoherence ‎(countable and uncountable, plural incoherences)

1. (uncountable) The quality of being incoherent.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Boyle to this entry?)

2. (countable) Something incoherent.
   • John Locke

     Incoherences in matter, and suppositions without proofs, put handsomely together, are apt to pass for strong reason.

   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick

     This was strangely heightened at times by the ragged Elijah's diabolical incoherences uninvitedly recurring to me, with a subtle energy I could not have before conceived of.

Antonyms

• coherence

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