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Webster 1913 Edition
Incongruity
Inˊcon-gru′i-ty
,Noun.
pl.
Incongruities
(#)
. [Pref.
in-
not + congruity
: cf. F. incongruité
.] 1.
The quality or state of being incongruous; lack 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; lack of symmetry or of harmony.
[Obs.]
3.
That which is incongruous; lack of congruity.
Webster 1828 Edition
Incongruity
INCONGRU'ITY
,Noun.
1.
Want of congruity; impropriety; inconsistency; absurdity; unsuitableness of one thing to another. The levity of youth in a grave divine, is deemed an incongruity between manners and profession.2.
Disagreement of parts; want of symmetry.Definition 2024
incongruity
incongruity
English
Noun
incongruity (plural incongruities)
- The state of being incongruous, or lacking congruence.
- An instance or point of disagreement; a dissimilarity; a discrepancy; an inconsistency.
- A thing that is incongruous.
Translations
being incongruous
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point of disagreement
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a thing that is incongruous
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References
- J[ohn] A. Simpson and E[dward] S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN 978-0-19-861186-8.