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Definitions for: Incongruity [n] the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: incongruousness
Antonyms: congruence, congruity, congruousness
See Also: incompatibility, irony
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