incongruity
NounUS[ing-kawng-roo-ih-tee]/ˌɪŋkɔŋˈruɪti/5 syllables
Synonyms:
incongruousness
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)incongruities
- the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriateSynonyms: incongruousnessOpposite congruousnessType of incompatibilityKinds irony
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
In′con·gru′i·ty noun; pl. Incongruities (#).
Origin: 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. Edward Stillingfleet
2. Disagreement of parts; lack of symmetry or of harmony. obsolete
3. That which is incongruous; lack of congruity.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54