Meaning & use
coherence
The quality of being logical, consistent, and easy to follow as a unified whole.
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The essay lost coherence halfway through, jumping between unrelated ideas.
Good editing gives a novel coherence by tying its subplots together smoothly.
A note on using this word
Coherence in writing refers to how well ideas connect logically, distinct from 'cohesion,' which refers to the grammatical links between sentences.
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Words with an opposite meaning
incoherence
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