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/in'kom pri hen"sheuhn, in kom'-/, n.lack of comprehension or understanding: The audience listened politely but with incomprehension.[1595-1605; IN-3 + COMPREHENSION]
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incompréhension — [ ɛ̃kɔ̃preɑ̃sjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1860; de 1. in et compréhension ♦ Absence de compréhension, incapacité ou refus de comprendre qqn ou qqch., de lui rendre justice; manque d indulgence. ⇒ inintelligence, méconnaissance. L incompréhension de qqn, son… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Incomprehension — In*com pre*hen sion, n. Lack of comprehension or understanding. These mazes and incomprehensions. Bacon. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
incomprehension — index ignorance, incapacity, insentience Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
incomprehension — (n.) c.1600, from IN (Cf. in ) (1) not + COMPREHENSION (Cf. comprehension) … Etymology dictionary
incomprehension — [in käm΄prē hen′shən, in käm΄prihen′shən] n. lack of comprehension; inability to understand … English World dictionary
incomprehension — [[t]ɪ̱nkɒmprɪhe̱nʃ(ə)n[/t]] N UNCOUNT Incomprehension is the state of being unable to understand something or someone. Rosie had a look of incomprehension on her face. ...his incomprehension of what happened to his father... The incomprehension… … English dictionary
incomprehension — noun Want or lack of comprehension or understanding; inability to understand. Stephen blushed; and his father looked from one to the other in a state of utter incomprehension. See Also: comprehensible, comprehension, incomprehensible … Wiktionary
incomprehension — in|com|pre|hen|sion [ınˌkɔmprıˈhenʃən US ˌka:m ] n [U] the state of not being able to understand something ▪ He spread his hands in a gesture of incomprehension … Dictionary of contemporary English
incomprehension — in|com|pre|hen|sion [ ın,kamprə henʃən ] noun uncount the condition of not being able to understand: a look of total incomprehension … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
incomprehension — noun (U) the state of not being able to understand something: “Are you leaving me?” she cried, her face full of incomprehension and rage … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
