INCOMPREHENSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does incomprehension mean? 

• INCOMPREHENSION (noun)
  The noun INCOMPREHENSION has 1 sense:

1. an inability to understand

  Familiarity information: INCOMPREHENSION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INCOMPREHENSION (noun)

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)