incoherency

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   lack of logical connection, clarity, or orderly organization

   The argument's incoherency made its conclusion impossible to follow.

2. 2
   noun

   an incoherent statement, feature, or instance

   The editor removed each incoherency from the draft before publication.

Formed from incoherent and the noun suffix -cy, or from in- plus coherency. Coherent ultimately comes from Latin cohaerere ("to stick together"), so incoherency is literally the condition of not holding together.

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