incoherence
Lack of sense
Incoherence is the quality of not hanging together logically or clearly.
Speech or writing that lacks incoherence jumps between ideas without connection: The patient's incoherence made diagnosis difficult.
A plan or argument shows incoherence when its parts contradict or fail to support each other.
The word often implies confusion or disorganization in thought.
Unintelligible speech or writing
- babbleIncoherent speech
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
- mumblingIndistinct, quiet speech
- garbledConfused and unintelligible
slurring · nonsense · jabbering · muttering · sputtering · disjointed · inarticulate · unintelligible
Opposing claims, incompatible together
- inconsistencyLack of steady pattern
- illogicalityFailure of sound reasoning
- fallacyError in reasoning
- absurdityWildly illogical quality
irrationality · paradox · senselessness · disjointedness · non sequitur · disconnection · fragmentation · muddled
Loss of spatial awareness
- confusionMental disorientation or bewilderment
- deliriumAcute mental disorientation
- psychosisSevere reality detachment
- dementiaChronic cognitive impairment
schizophrenia · bewilderment · dissociation · fugue · stupor · delusion · hallucination · cognitive decline
Distribution in many directions
- dispersionScattering across space
- interferenceUnwelcome involvement in affairs
- phase shiftChange in wave timing
- waveOscillating motion through medium
optical · quantum · diffraction · decoherence · randomness · noise · static · distortion
gibberish
Unintelligible speech or writing
garbled · slurring · nonsense · jabbering · muttering · sputtering · disjointed · inarticulate · unintelligible · stammering
contradiction
Opposing claims, incompatible together
- inconsistencyLack of steady pattern
- illogicalityFailure of sound reasoning
- fallacyError in reasoning
absurdity · irrationality · paradox · senselessness · disjointedness · non sequitur · disconnection · fragmentation · muddled · jumbled
disorientation
Loss of spatial awareness
- confusionMental disorientation or bewilderment
- deliriumAcute mental disorientation
- psychosisSevere reality detachment
dementia · schizophrenia · bewilderment · dissociation · fugue · stupor · delusion · hallucination · cognitive decline · thought disorder
scattering
Distribution in many directions
- dispersionScattering across space
- interferenceUnwelcome involvement in affairs
- phase shiftChange in wave timing
wave · optical · quantum · diffraction · decoherence · randomness · noise · static · distortion · signal degradation
- confusionconfusion, confused, bewilderment, perplexity, baffled
- gibberishgibberish, nonsense, babble, babbling, drivel
- nonsensenonsense, absurd, gibberish, gobbledegook, gobbledygook
- inconsistenciesinconsistency, discrepancy, contradiction, mismatch, disparity
- contradictionsparadox, oxymoron, contradiction, paradoxes, oxymorons
- madnessmadness, lunacy, insanity, mania, schizophrenia
incoherencecoherence
Logical internal consistency
coherency · logic · orderliness · rationality · methodicalness
incoherencelucidity
Clearness of mind
clarity · intelligibility · comprehensibility · articulateness · perspicuity
incoherencecohesion
Tendency to bind together
cohesiveness · unity · consistency · integration · integrity
incoherent, incoherently, incoherency, incoherences, incoherencies