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incongruity

  • /ɪnkɑŋˈɡɹuɪti/ US
  • /ɪnkɒŋˈɡɹuːɪti/ UK

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From Middle French incongruité, from Medieval Latin incongruitās, from Latin incongruus.

noun incongruities

  1. countable, uncountable The state of being incongruous, or lacking congruence. I was told that the Australian Government had had to send my name to London before agreeing to my appointment. My credentials were actually addressed to Her Majesty, despite the fact that the Government of the United Kingdom had recognized the Chinese Communist regime in Peking as early as 1950. No

    Similar: incongruence, incongruency · Opposite: congruence, congruency, congruity

  2. countable, uncountable An instance or point of disagreement.

    Similar: dissimilarity, discrepancy, inconsistency

  3. countable, uncountable A thing that is incongruous.

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noun being incongruous

Españolincongruidad
中文不一致 bùyīzhì
हिन्दीअसंगति asaṅgti, विसंगति visaṅgti
Portuguêsincongruência, incongruidade
Françaisincongruité
DeutschInkongruenz, Unvereinbarkeit, Ungleichheit, Disparität, Nichtübereinstimmung
Italianoincongruenza, incongruità
Românăincongruență
Русскийнесоотве́тствие nesootvétstvije

noun point of disagreement

Españolincongruidad
Françaisincongruité
DeutschDiskrepanz, Unvereinbarkeit, Unterschied, Missverhältnis
Românădiscrepanță
Русскийнесоотве́тствие nesootvétstvije

noun a thing that is incongruous

Españolincongruidad
DeutschInkongruenz
Românăincongruență
Русскийнесоотве́тствие nesootvétstvije

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@misc{incongruity_2026,
  title = {incongruity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/incongruity},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}