incoherency

Other forms: incoherencies

Definitions of incoherency
  1. noun
    lack of cohesion or clarity or organization
    synonyms: incoherence
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    types:
    disjointedness
    lacking order or coherence
    type of:
    disconnectedness, disconnection, disjunction, disjuncture
    state of being disconnected
  2. noun
    nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible
    synonyms: incoherence, unintelligibility
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    types:
    word salad
    jumble of incoherent speech as sometimes heard in schizophrenia
    type of:
    bunk, hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality
    a message that seems to convey no meaning
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