incomprehension
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6.9
- noun
- /ˌɪnkəmˈprɛhɛnʃən/
:
incomprensión
- Pain mingled with the incomprehension of someone who had sustained an unexpected hurt.
- mutual incomprehension
- gulf of incomprehension
And, and, and it's also led to this, this mutual incomprehension between, between the two.
- And, and, and it's also led to this, this mutual incomprehension between, between the two.
- It has shown the absolute incomprehension of how medicine actually works.
Examples
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The child's incomprehension of the explanation was evident when he asked, 'What does that mean?'
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During the conversation, his face showed clear incomprehension as he struggled to grasp the topic.
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Discussions with them revealed their incomprehension of what the girls did in school.
Academic text (2008) -
Otherwise, I know enough to keep a conversation going, ask simple questions, or express incomprehension.
Fiction book (2002) -
I have discussed this many times, with just about total incomprehension from journalism programs.
Blog text (19) -
I mean, the sadness of that, the incomprehension, that gives way to anger.
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"Seeing puzzled incomprehension on his face, I decided to show him what I meant."
Fiction book (1991) -
Michael is standing in the doorway, his face filled with fear and incomprehension.
Fiction book (1993) -
Catherine's response to all such hints of what Thorpe and the General are thinking is complete incomprehension.
Academic text (2018) -
A ripple of alarm shook her out of her state of dazed incomprehension.
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
316
3.9
Not knowing about something or how it works
12
4.8
A feeling of being very confused and not knowing what to do
9
5.5
A feeling of not understanding something that is hard to explain
5
4.2
Not knowing what to do or how something works
4
7.4
A feeling of confusion when something is hard to understand
4
7.5
Feeling confused because something is hard to understand
3
7.0
A feeling of confusion when you cannot understand something
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8.1
A state of being confused and not able to think clearly
A lack of understanding of instructions or ideas
A feeling of not thinking or acting clearly
Antonyms
How Understandable
Surface Forms
Morphology
incomprehension = comprehension (transparent) = in + comprehend + sion
This is a straightforward negative prefix added to 'comprehension', yielding the meaning 'lack of understanding'.
Etymology
Incomprehension has two parts: in- meaning 'not' and comprehend meaning 'to grasp' (think of 'grasp' with your hand as a picture for understanding). So incomprehension is the state of 'not grasping' an idea, or being unable to understand something.