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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Incoherence

/ĭnˌ-kōh-ĭr'-əns/ · In·co·her·ence · IPA /ˌɪnkəʊˈhɪəɹəns/
01 n. The quality or state of being incoherent; lack of coherence; lack of cohesion or adherence.
  1. 1.
    The quality or state of being incoherent; lack of coherence; lack of cohesion or adherence.
  2. 2.
    Lack of connection; incongruity; inconsistency; lack of agreement or dependence of one part on another; as, the incoherence of arguments, facts, etc.
    Incoherences in matter, and suppositions without proofs, put handsomely together, are apt to pass for strong reason.” Locke.
  3. 3.
    That which is incoherent.
    “Crude incoherencies . . . and nauseous tautologies.” South.