Incongruity Definition

ĭnkŏn-gro͝oĭ-tē
incongruities
noun
incongruities
Lack of congruence.
American Heritage
The condition, quality, or fact of being incongruous.
Webster's New World
Something incongruous.
Webster's New World

An instance or point of disagreement; a dissimilarity; a discrepancy; an inconsistency.

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Other Word Forms of Incongruity

Noun

Singular:
incongruity
Plural:
incongruities

Origin of Incongruity

  • From Middle French incongruité, from Medieval Latin incongruitas

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Incongruity Sentence Examples

  • The man who sees not the incongruity has great need of having his eyes anointed.

  • Scientology leaders are now faced with having to concoct a story for their current members explaining the painfully obvious incongruity of their actions.

  • Only people who know little of the history of ideas will find any incongruity here.

  • There are various angles from which the apparent incongruity could be viewed.

  • It also indicates that humorous incongruity is likely to be disregarded and ' not taken seriously ' .

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