incongruity, incongruousness
(noun) the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate
Source: WordNet® 3.1
incongruity (countable and uncountable, plural incongruities)
The state of being incongruous, or lacking congruence.
An instance or point of disagreement
Synonyms: dissimilarity, discrepancy, inconsistency
A thing that is incongruous.
Source: Wiktionary
In`con*gru"i*ty, n.; pl. Incongruities. Etym: [Pref. in- not + congruity: cf. F. incongruité.]
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 April 2025
(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
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