- Lacking cohesion, connection, or harmony; not coherent: incoherent fragments of a story.
- Unable to think or express one's thoughts in a clear or orderly manner: incoherent with grief.
incoherentness in'co·her'ent·ness n.
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in·co·her·ent (ĭn'kō-hîr'ənt) ![]() |
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| Antonyms: incoherent |
Definition: unintelligible
Antonyms: coherent, intelligible, lucid, understandable
| Philosophy Dictionary: incoherent |
In probability theory a set of probability assignments is incoherent if it lays their possessor open to a Dutch book; equivalently, it is incoherent if it disobeys the classical axioms of probability theory. See representation theorem.
| Word Tutor: incoherent |
What view is one likely to take of the state of a person’s mind when his speech is wild and incoherent and knows no constraint?
— Seneca (4 BC-65 AD), Spanish-born Roman (Stoic) philosopher, statesman.
| Translations: Incoherent |
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - usammenhængende
Nederlands (Dutch)
onsamenhangend, incoherent
Français (French)
adj. - incohérent
Deutsch (German)
adj. - inkohärent, zusammenhanglos
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ασυνάρτητος, στερούμενος ειρμού
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - incoerente
Русский (Russian)
бессвязный, неподходящий
Español (Spanish)
adj. - incoherente, inconexo
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - osammanhängande, lös, inkonsekvent
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
不连贯的, 语无伦次的
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 不連貫的, 語無倫次的
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 앞뒤가 맞지 않는, 조리가 닿지 않는, 점착력이 없는
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 一貫しない, 矛盾した, わけのわからない, 支離滅裂な
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) مفكك, غير مترابط
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - חסר-היגיון, לא-מתאים, חסר-עקביות, אינו יכול לדבר בצורה מובנת, חסר רציפות וקשר או מבולבל (דיבור)
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