incoherencia

incoherence

noun een-koh-eh-RREN-syah Rare

Also means

inconsistency

Usage Note

Incoherencia denotes a lack of logical consistency, either in speech or in actions. It is often used in political commentary to attack contradictory positions: la incoherencia del gobierno (the government's inconsistency). The adjective is incoherente and the antonym is coherencia. Do not confuse with incongruencia, which emphasises a mismatch rather than internal contradiction.

Examples

"Nadie toleró la incoherencia de su discurso."

Natural Translation

Nobody tolerated the incoherence of his speech.

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