Meaning & use

coherence

noun·Academic

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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