Meanings
plural incongruities
- countableuncountableThe state of being incongruous, or lacking congruence.
1 more example
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 42Synonyms: incongruence, incongruency · Antonyms: congruence, congruency, congruity
- countableuncountableAn instance or point of disagreement.
Synonyms: dissimilarity, discrepancy, inconsistency
- countableuncountableA thing that is incongruous.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state of being incongruous, or lacking congruence.
nounAn instance or point of disagreement.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinincongruus
- Medieval Latinincongruitās
- Middle Frenchincongruité
- Englishincongruity
From Middle French incongruité, from Medieval Latin incongruitās, from Latin incongruus.
More words from Middle French, Medieval Latin, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian несъответствие
- несъответствие (nesăotvetstvie)being incongruous
Catalan incongruència, discrepància
- incongruènciabeing incongruous
- discrepànciapoint of disagreement
Chinese Mandarin 不一致
- 不一致 (bùyīzhì)being incongruous
Finnish sopimattomuus, yhteensopimattomuus
- sopimattomuusbeing incongruous
- yhteensopimattomuusbeing incongruous
- epäjohdonmukaisuusbeing incongruous
- ristiriitaisuusbeing incongruous
- eroavaisuuspoint of disagreement
- ristiriitapoint of disagreement
- epäkohtaa thing that is incongruous
- epäjohdonmukaisuusa thing that is incongruous
French incongruité, incongruité
- incongruitébeing incongruous
- incongruitépoint of disagreement
German Inkongruenz, Unvereinbarkeit
- Inkongruenzbeing incongruous
- Unvereinbarkeitbeing incongruous
- Ungleichheitbeing incongruous
- Disparitätbeing incongruous
- Nichtübereinstimmungbeing incongruous
- Diskrepanzpoint of disagreement
- Unvereinbarkeitpoint of disagreement
- Unterschiedpoint of disagreement
- Missverhältnispoint of disagreement
- Inkongruenza thing that is incongruous
Hindi असंगति, विसंगति
- असंगति (asaṅgti)being incongruous
- विसंगति (visaṅgti)being incongruous
Irish aimhriar, aiste
- aimhriarbeing incongruous
- aistebeing incongruous
- coimhthíosbeing incongruous
- mífhreagrachtbeing incongruous
- neamhréireachtbeing incongruous
Italian incongruenza, incongruità
- incongruenzabeing incongruous
- incongruitàbeing incongruous
Portuguese incongruência, incongruidade
- incongruênciabeing incongruous
- incongruidadebeing incongruous
Romanian incongruență, discrepanță
- incongruențăbeing incongruous
- discrepanțăpoint of disagreement
- incongruențăa thing that is incongruous
Russian несоотве́тствие, несоотве́тствие
- несоотве́тствие (nesootvétstvije)being incongruous
- несоотве́тствие (nesootvétstvije)point of disagreement
- несоотве́тствие (nesootvétstvije)a thing that is incongruous
Spanish incongruidad, incongruidad
- incongruidadbeing incongruous
- incongruidadpoint of disagreement
- incongruidada thing that is incongruous
Cite this entry
incongruity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incongruity
“incongruity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incongruity. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “incongruity,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incongruity.
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