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incoherency

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[in-koh-heer-uhn-see, -her-] / ˌɪn koʊˈhɪər ən si, -ˈhɛr- /

noun

  • incoherencies
    plural
  1. incoherence.


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Etymology

Origin of incoherency

First recorded in 1675–85; in- 3 + coherency ( def. )

Example Sentences

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“His main dilemma was the incoherency in his writing, and lack of a recognizable argument,” Professor Ronell said in a January 2018 interview submitted to the Title IX office.

From New York Times Aug. 13, 2018

In the incoherency of our citizenship, we don’t matter to here, and as Rodney King said, “We are stuck here for a while.”

From The Guardian Oct. 12, 2014

Sneaky statistical manipulation often bubbles up into conceptual incoherency, as it did in Pielke’s article and now in Silver’s defense of it.

From Slate Mar. 31, 2014

At a workers' meeting he lapsed into incoherency.

From Time Magazine Archive

“I do have some trouble with incoherency when I’m around him,” I admitted.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

Anyhow, whatever it was that threw readers of the book into incoherencies has been carried over into the picture.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 12, 2022

I think we're seeing people who don't know anything about CRT, don't know anything about academic freedom or free speech, and don't know anything about higher education writing these bills filled with contradictions and incoherencies.

From Salon Mar. 7, 2022

I could see no course to follow among these incoherencies but that of candor.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

The lady seemed to see nothing inconsistent in his incoherencies.

From H.M.S. —— by John Graham Bower

Mr. Lamb blushed, and stammered some incoherencies, and Miss Carmichael, running past the lawyer towards Marjorie, whispered as she flitted before him, "you rude, unkind man!"

From Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life by John Campbell

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