See incoherence on Wiktionary
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "asynáfeia",
"sense": "quality of being incoherent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ασυνάφεια"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "quality of being incoherent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "incoerenza"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "quality of being incoherent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "incoherencia"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "something incoherent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "incohérence"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "asynartisía",
"sense": "something incoherent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ασυναρτησία"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "something incoherent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "incoherencia"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "psychiatric term",
"word": "inkoherencija"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "inkogeréntnostʹ",
"sense": "psychiatric term",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "инкогере́нтность"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "inkogeréncija",
"sense": "psychiatric term",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "инкогере́нция"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bessvjáznostʹ",
"sense": "psychiatric term",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "бессвя́зность"
}
],
"word": "incoherence"
}
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