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incoherence /ˌɪnkə(ʊ)ˈhɪərəns /(also incoherency (plural incoherencies)) noun [mass noun]1The quality of being illogical, inconsistent, or unclear: difficult questions that expose the incoherence of their policy [count noun]: the incoherences of the doctrine...- Any program pursued with the incoherence demonstrated by this administration loses credibility.
- His intellectual incoherence should not blind us to the populist possibilities he has stumbled upon.
- His efforts to connect on economic policy have been muddied by an ideological incoherence that once served as his greatest strength in appealing to voters across party lines.
1.1Inability to speak intelligibly: she descended into stammering incoherence...- The bride's friend got up and mumbled a few incoherencies about nightclubs and alcohol.
- The only other interruption was an early evening telephone call from my sister, who responded to my mumbling incoherence by asking whether I was drunk.
- He only got this job because we mistook his incoherencies and vagueness for nerves.
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