incongruity en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɪnkɒŋˈɡɹuːɪti/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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- /ɪnkɑŋˈɡɹuɪti/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Middle French incongruité, from Medieval Latin incongruitās, from Latin incongruus.
Meanings
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(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 one, however, seemed to notice the incongruity of such an arrangement.
1983, James C. H. Shen, “Rejoining the Government”, in Robert Myers, editor, The U.S. & Free China: How the U.S. Sold Out Its Ally, Washington, D.C.: Acropolis Books Ltd., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 42:
- (countable, uncountable) An instance or point of disagreement.
- (countable, uncountable) A thing that is incongruous.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| incongruities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
congruity · congruence · congruency
Synonyms
inconsistency · incongruence · dissimilarity · discrepancy · incongruency
Translations (46)
de Diskrepanz (point of disagreement) · ru несоотве́тствие (a thing that is incongruous) · ga aiste (being incongruous) · de Unvereinbarkeit (being incongruous) · de Unterschied (point of disagreement) · es incongruidad (point of disagreement) · ga mífhreagracht (being incongruous) · ca incongruència (being incongruous) · ga aimhriar (being incongruous) · pt incongruidade (being incongruous) · hi विसंगति (being incongruous) · fi sopimattomuus (being incongruous) · de Inkongruenz (being incongruous) · ru несоотве́тствие (being incongruous) · fi eroavaisuus (point of disagreement) · de Inkongruenz (a thing that is incongruous) · ru несоотве́тствие (point of disagreement) · es incongruidad (being incongruous) · bg несъответствие (being incongruous) · pt incongruência (being incongruous) · fi epäkohta (a thing that is incongruous) · fi ristiriitaisuus (being incongruous) · fi epäjohdonmukaisuus (being incongruous) · de Nichtübereinstimmung (being incongruous) · ro incongruență (being incongruous) · de Missverhältnis (point of disagreement) · de Unvereinbarkeit (point of disagreement) · fr incongruité (point of disagreement) · ro discrepanță (point of disagreement) · de Ungleichheit (being incongruous) · gv neuchooieid (being incongruous) · cmn 不一致 (being incongruous) · hi असंगति (being incongruous) · gv neuyeshid (being incongruous) · fi ristiriita (point of disagreement) · de Disparität (being incongruous) · ro incongruență (a thing that is incongruous) · it incongruenza (being incongruous) · it incongruità (being incongruous) · fi yhteensopimattomuus (being incongruous) · es incongruidad (a thing that is incongruous) · fi epäjohdonmukaisuus (a thing that is incongruous) · ga coimhthíos (being incongruous) · ga neamhréireacht (being incongruous) · fr incongruité (being incongruous) · ca discrepància (point of disagreement)