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Incongruity Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Incongruity? [n] the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate Synonyms \| Synonyms for Incongruity: incongruousness Related Terms \| Find terms related to Incongruity: absurdity \| absurdness \| ambiguity \| ambivalence \| antilogy \| antinomy \| asymmetry \| bizarreness \| bizarrerie \| contrariety \| contrast \| departure \| deviation \| difference \| disaccord \| disaccordance \| disagreement \| disconformity \| discongruity \| discordance \| discrepancy \| discreteness \| disparity \| disproportion \| disproportionateness \| dissent \| dissimilarity \| dissonance \| distinction \| distinctness \| divergence \| divergency \| diversity \| drollery \| drollness \| eccentricity \| equivocality \| far cry \| funniness \| futility \| heresy \| heterodoxy \| heterogeneity \| hilarity \| humorousness \| illogic \| illogicality \| illogicalness \| impoliticalness \| impoliticness \| inaccordance \| inadvisability \| inappropriateness \| inaptitude \| incoherence \| incommensurability \| incompatibility \| inconclusiveness \| inconsistency \| inconsonance \| inconvenience \| inconveniency \| ineptitude \| inequality \| inexpedience \| inexpediency \| infelicity \| inharmoniousness \| inharmony \| inopportuneness \| invalidity \| irrationality \| irreconcilability \| laughability \| ludicrousness \| mixture \| noncompliance \| nonconcurrence \| nonconformability \| nonconformance \| nonconformism \| nonconformity \| nonobservance \| odds \| opposition \| originality \| otherness \| oxymoron \| paradox \| pricelessness \| protest \| quaintness \| quizzicalness \| reasonlessness \| recalcitrance \| recusance \| recusancy \| refractoriness \| richness \| ridiculousness \| self-contradiction \| senselessness \| separateness \| the funny side \| unconformability \| unconformity \| undesirability \| unfitness \| unfittingness \| unfortunateness \| unlikeness \| unmeetness \| unorthodoxy \| unprofitability \| unprofitableness \| unreasonableness \| unscientificness \| unseasonableness \| unseemliness \| unsoundness \| unsuitability \| untenableness \| untimeliness \| unwiseness \| uselessness \| variance \| variation \| variegation \| variety \| whimsicalness \| wittiness \| worthlessness \| wrongness See Also \| incompatibility \| irony Incongruity In Webster's Dictionary \In`congru"ity\, 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.

Incongruity Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Incongruity?

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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Incongruity: incongruousness

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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