incoherence

noun

Definition of incoherencenext
1
as in illogic

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as in disunity

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Recent Examples of incoherence Granted, there was a lot to criticize in my writing, which was suffering from all sorts of problems, from structural incoherence to insufficient character development to—yes—didactic heavy-handedness that broke the reader’s immersion. — Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026 But that incoherence doesn’t prevent some of Bhattacharya’s ideas on replication and research priorities from being good. — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 9 Feb. 2026 Analysts and former diplomats told CNN that successive British governments have failed to strike the correct balance on China, resulting in a policy characterized by mistrust, skittishness and incoherence. — Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026 The Europe section highlights the incoherence of the grand plan. — Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for incoherence
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incoherence
  1. illogic
  2. disunity
  3. irrationality
  4. imbalance
  5. asymmetry
  6. disproportion
  7. disorganization
  8. dissonance
Noun
  • Art schools, like all schools, are wobbling under the illogic of the cost-benefit math.
    — Katy Siegel, Artforum, 2 June 2026
  • Wilson operated outside of conventional narrative, trusting in the magic of unexpected illogic.
    — Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
Definition of illogic
Noun
  • Most believe there could be solutions through civil dialog, there are answers in the middle, and there is destructive disunity at the fringes.
    — Letters to the Editor, Hartford Courant, 2 June 2026
  • Whether that agreement will rapidly come to fruition on such a tight timeline is looking increasingly difficult – especially amid disunity among House and Senate Democrats.
    — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
Definition of disunity
Noun
  • Despite the seriocomic set-up, as Vibeke gets more unstable, Mengel refuses to play her irrationality for laughs, instead taking the more difficult route of earnestness.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 7 July 2026
  • Moreover, experts should introduce deliberate irrationality to disrupt the model’s predictive path.
    — Syed Ahmad, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Definition of irrationality
Noun
  • Excess capacity is a dynamic, not static, market phenomenon, the paper said, cycling between balance and imbalance over time.
    — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 31 July 2026
  • Over time, the charge imbalance becomes strong enough to produce lightning.
    — Yunyao Li, The Conversation, 30 July 2026
Definition of imbalance
Noun
  • Iran, America, and the limits of force The first challenge Iran faces is the asymmetry of pain thresholds.
    — Hamidreza Azizi, Time, 30 July 2026
  • China’s state-capital infrastructure—not luck—compounds this asymmetry.
    — Sajal Singh, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of asymmetry
Noun
  • Manuel also jangles this apparent order with the striking visual trope of disorienting disproportions of scale—figures appearing unexpectedly small or large in the course’s expanses.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Sonon, for example, started out as a cartoonist and uses physical disproportion to express the personalities of characters.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Dec. 2025
Definition of disproportion
Noun
  • The city focused heavily on youth violence prevention when killings spiked several years ago, but the effort has seen budget cuts and disorganization under Mayor Mike Johnston, McMillan said.
    — Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 20 July 2026
  • The chaos of a cluttered home may lead to a lack thereof—and that's when disorganization can cause stress in pets.
    — Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 6 July 2026
Definition of disorganization
Noun
  • The dissonance is reflected in the gap between the confident pronouncements of Chinese leaders — aimed at an international audience — and their domestic anxieties.
    — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 21 July 2026
  • Behind him, band co-founder Paul Leary, bent over his electric guitar, is going for maximum dissonance.
    — Steve Appleford, SPIN, 20 July 2026
Definition of dissonance

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