INCOHERENCE Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

incoherence

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Recent Examples of incoherence That mistranslation is most visible in its tonal incoherence. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 30 Apr. 2026 Granted, there was a lot to criticize in my writing, which was suffering from all sorts of problems, from structural incoherence to insufficient character development to—yes—didactic heavy-handedness that broke the reader’s immersion. — Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026 But that incoherence doesn’t prevent some of Bhattacharya’s ideas on replication and research priorities from being good. — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 9 Feb. 2026 Analysts and former diplomats told CNN that successive British governments have failed to strike the correct balance on China, resulting in a policy characterized by mistrust, skittishness and incoherence. — Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for incoherence

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Noun

Art schools, like all schools, are wobbling under the illogic of the cost-benefit math.

— Katy Siegel, Artforum, 2 June 2026
Wilson operated outside of conventional narrative, trusting in the magic of unexpected illogic.

— Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026

Definition of illogic

Noun

Most believe there could be solutions through civil dialog, there are answers in the middle, and there is destructive disunity at the fringes.

— Letters to the Editor, Hartford Courant, 2 June 2026
Whether that agreement will rapidly come to fruition on such a tight timeline is looking increasingly difficult – especially amid disunity among House and Senate Democrats.

— Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026

Definition of disunity

Noun

This is where the irrationality of antisemitic conspiracy gains no purchase among a reasoning and pragmatic populace; where government is led by people who grasp, and embrace, the seriousness of their responsibilities.

— Rory Lancman, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2026
Despite the seriocomic set-up, as Vibeke gets more unstable, Mengel refuses to play her irrationality for laughs, instead taking the more difficult route of earnestness.

— Jessica Kiang, Variety, 7 July 2026

Definition of irrationality

Noun

There’s a frightening imbalance in how the mainstream media report on these candidates, which tends to take it pretty easy on the latter.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
San Jose already has one of the most challenging jobs-to-housing imbalances, and housing development not accompanied by sufficient employment growth will further strain city finances.

— Pierluigi Oliverio, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of imbalance

Noun

Analysts at the bank said the company has an attractive risk/reward profile at the moment, and that the market is underappreciating the asymmetry between HPE's earnings power and valuation.

— Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026
Economists studying the post-recession years have found this asymmetry systematically rewarded people who already owned capital before the crash and penalized everyone who didn’t yet have any.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of asymmetry

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Manuel also jangles this apparent order with the striking visual trope of disorienting disproportions of scale—figures appearing unexpectedly small or large in the course’s expanses.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2026
Sonon, for example, started out as a cartoonist and uses physical disproportion to express the personalities of characters.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Dec. 2025

Definition of disproportion

Noun

If your data is a mess, AI cannot find its way through the jungle of disorganization.

— Andrew Zhyvolovych, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
The restoration of Queen Liliuokalani to her throne is undesirable, if not impossible, and unless actively supported by the United States would be accompanied by serious disaster and the disorganization of all business interests.

— Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of disorganization

Noun

The most striking feature of their music seemed to me its embrace of a certain dissonance, its reliance on an element of friction which was never jarring.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026
The dissonance is reflected in the gap between the confident pronouncements of Chinese leaders — aimed at an international audience — and their domestic anxieties.

— Andy Browne, semafor.com, 21 July 2026

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