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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.
[in and congruity.]
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)

  1. The state of being incongruous, or lacking congruence.
  2. An instance or point of disagreement; a dissimilarity; a discrepancy; an inconsistency.
  3. A thing that is incongruous.

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