incongruity

Pronunciation: /ɪnkɑŋˈɡɹuɪti/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

incongruousness

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
incompatibility
Narrower (hyponyms)
irony
Opposite (antonyms)
congruity

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