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incongruent en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ɪnˈkɒŋ.ɡɹu.ənt/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɪnˈkɒn.ɡɹu.ənt/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English congruent English incongruent From in- + congruent.

Meanings

1. (figuratively, qualifier:higher register) Out of place, incompatible, inharmonious, not congruent.
   • The yellow blazer was incongruent for the funeral.
   • And like so many robots, they’re an incongruent mashup of terrifying and cute. Aww, look at those guys. Also, runnnnn! 2015 December 23, Adrienne LaFrance, “Santa's Reindeer Are Robots Now”, in The Atlantic:
   • Gender ideology is the theory that […] human individuals are properly described in terms of an “internal sense of gender” called “gender identity” that may be incongruent with their “sex assigned at birth.” 2023 July 3, Jay W. Richards, “What Is Gender Ideology?”, in The American Conservative:
   • Her knowledge of world politics was incongruent in someone so young.
2. Of or relating to two numbers that have different remainders when divided by a third number

Forms

Deriveds

incongruently

Relateds

anachronistic

Synonyms

absurd · incongruous · inappropriate

Translations (1)

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