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单词 incoherence
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Definition of incoherence in English:

incoherence

(also incoherency)
noun ˌɪnkə(ʊ)ˈhɪərəns
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
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He seems unable to mate subject and verb number, use apostrophes or adverbs rationally, or spot abject incoherence in his own writing.
    • The bishop sent an open letter to the city's parishes Tuesday criticizing him for "moral incoherence" on the issue.
    • The most likely outcome of these proposals is that they will introduce even more incoherence and confusion into the UK secondary education system than there is already.
    • Any program pursued with the incoherence demonstrated by this administration loses credibility.
    • To argue otherwise is to descend into logical incoherence.
    • I've gotten such emails quite regularly and they are almost always filled with misspellings, fractured syntax and incoherencies.
    • 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.
    • The leader has to show the coherence or incoherence of the discussion and raise issues that improve the level of the written interaction.
    • Judging the actors is difficult because of the incoherency of the story and inanity of the dialogue.
    • His intellectual incoherence should not blind us to the populist possibilities he has stumbled upon.
    1. 1.1 Inability to speak intelligibly.
      she descended into stammering incoherence
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He was drunken to the point of incoherence and damaged to almost physical immobility.
      • 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.
      • Although her father seemed to be in good physical condition, the measure of his incoherency was alarming.
      • The end result is that watching the Japanese language audio track leads to total incoherency.
      • The bride's friend got up and mumbled a few incoherencies about nightclubs and alcohol.
 
 

Definition of incoherence in US English:

incoherence

(also incoherency)
nounˈˌinkōˈherəns
  • 1The quality of being illogical, inconsistent, or unclear.

    difficult questions that expose the incoherence of their policy
    the incoherences of the doctrine
    Example sentencesExamples
    • To argue otherwise is to descend into logical incoherence.
    • His intellectual incoherence should not blind us to the populist possibilities he has stumbled upon.
    • I've gotten such emails quite regularly and they are almost always filled with misspellings, fractured syntax and incoherencies.
    • Judging the actors is difficult because of the incoherency of the story and inanity of the dialogue.
    • The leader has to show the coherence or incoherence of the discussion and raise issues that improve the level of the written interaction.
    • The most likely outcome of these proposals is that they will introduce even more incoherence and confusion into the UK secondary education system than there is already.
    • Any program pursued with the incoherence demonstrated by this administration loses credibility.
    • 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.
    • He seems unable to mate subject and verb number, use apostrophes or adverbs rationally, or spot abject incoherence in his own writing.
    • The bishop sent an open letter to the city's parishes Tuesday criticizing him for "moral incoherence" on the issue.
    1. 1.1 Inability to speak intelligibly.
      she descended into stammering incoherence
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Although her father seemed to be in good physical condition, the measure of his incoherency was alarming.
      • He was drunken to the point of incoherence and damaged to almost physical immobility.
      • The end result is that watching the Japanese language audio track leads to total incoherency.
      • He only got this job because we mistook his incoherencies and vagueness for nerves.
      • 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.
      • The bride's friend got up and mumbled a few incoherencies about nightclubs and alcohol.
 
 
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