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Incongruity

Incongruity Meaning & Definition
Incongruity Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Incongruity?

[n] the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate

Synonyms | Synonyms for Incongruity: incongruousness

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See Also | incompatibility | irony

Incongruity In Webster's Dictionary

\In`con*gru"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Incongruities}. [Pref. in- not + congruity: cf. F. incongruit['e].] 1. The quality or state of being incongruous; want of congruity; unsuitableness; inconsistency; impropriety. The fathers make use of this acknowledgment of the incongruity of images to the Deity, from thence to prove the incongruity of the worship of them. --Bp. Stillingfleet. 2. Disagreement of parts; want of symmetry or of harmony. [Obs.] 3. That which is incongruous; want of congruity.

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