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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate;
[syn: incongruity, incongruousness]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Incongruity \In`con*gru"i*ty\, n.; pl. Incongruities. [Pref. in- not + congruity: cf. F. incongruit['e].] [1913 Webster] 1. The quality or state of being incongruous; lack of congruity; unsuitableness; inconsistency; impropriety. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Disagreement of parts; lack of symmetry or of harmony. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 3. That which is incongruous; lack of congruity. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

incongruity n 1: the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate [syn: incongruity, incongruousness] [ant: congruence, congruity, congruousness]