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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Incongruity \In`con*gru"i*ty\, n.; pl {Incongruities}. [Pref. in- not + congruity: cf F. incongruit['e].] 1. The quality or state of being incongruous; want 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. Stillingfleet 2. Disagreement of parts want of symmetry or of harmony. [Obs.] 3. That which is incongruous; want of congruity. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: incongruity n : the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate [syn: {incongruousness}] [ant: {congruity}, {congruity}]
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