incohesion

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noun

Failure to cohere or unify.

OriginEnglish cohesion ← French cohésion ← Latin cohaesiō →
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Meanings

nounincohesion (uncountable)
  1. uncountableFailure to cohere or unify.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishin-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  9. Proto-Italic*kom
  10. Proto-Italic*kom-
  11. Latincon-
  12. Latinhaereō
  13. Latincohaereō
  14. Latincohaesiō
  15. Frenchcohésion
  16. Englishcohesion
  17. Englishincohesion

From in- + cohesion.

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APA

incohesion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incohesion

MLA

“incohesion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incohesion. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “incohesion,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incohesion.

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