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INCOMPREHENSION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does incomprehension mean?
• INCOMPREHENSION (noun)
The noun INCOMPREHENSION has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: INCOMPREHENSION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An inability to understand
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Context example:
his incomprehension of the consequences
Hypernyms ("incomprehension" is a kind of...):
inability (lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something)
Antonym:
comprehension (an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result))
Context examples
This she did not comprehend, attributing her incomprehension to his incoherence.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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