coherence
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Definition of coherence
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Synonyms & Antonyms for coherence
Synonyms
balance, concinnity, consonance, consonancy, harmony, orchestration, proportion, symmetry, symphony, unity
Antonyms
asymmetry, discordance, disproportion, disunity, imbalance, incoherence, violence
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The installation, spread over several galleries, is spare and likewise lends coherence to what could have been a kind of painterly cacophony. — Peter Plagens, WSJ, "‘Charline von Heyl: Snake Eyes’ Review: A Pro in Need of Poetry," 18 Dec. 2018 These heroes, their movies, and their backstories are all thrown higgledy-piggledy into a story that somehow finds coherence, mainly thanks to the film’s firm commitment to its own riotous subversion of the superhero game. — Genevieve Koski, Vox, "Teen Titans GO! to the Movies is a candy-colored cure for superhero-movie fatigue," 26 July 2018 Journalism academics have always known that newsworthiness, as the American press defines it, isn’t a system with any coherence to it. — Ezra Klein, Vox, "Is the media making American politics worse?," 22 Oct. 2018 Even at its most frenetic and thundering, there’s a coherence to Mr. Graves’s drum work. — Milford Graves, New York Times, "Review: ‘Milford Graves Full Mantis’ Delivers a Lot of Heart," 12 July 2018 There may not be method to Mr. Riley’s madness, but there is a measure of coherence, of intellectual discipline, to his wildness. — New York Times, "Review: ‘Sorry to Bother You,’ but Can I Interest You in a Wild Dystopian Satire?," 2 July 2018 The critic keeps suggesting novelistic conventions, trying to impose coherence and resolution on Eleanor’s journey. — Sam Sacks, WSJ, "Fiction: Summits, Abysses and the Nowheres in Between," 23 Aug. 2018 Forget raw and pure: Wamariya’s quest is to create some semblance of moral and emotional coherence out of a life that too often feels like a self-corroding performance. — Ann Hulbert, The Atlantic, "The Girl Who Smiled Beads Defies Easy Uplift," 24 Apr. 2018 Desperately seeking coherence, the author blunders into a binary world-view, divided between civilized softies and pugnacious primitives, wallers and warriors. — Felipe Fernández-armesto, WSJ, "‘Walls: A History of Civilization in Blood and Brick’ Review: . . . and Stay Out!," 13 Sep. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'coherence.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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