Hypertext Webster Gateway: "incongruity"
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) 1.7 (wn)
incongruity
n : the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and
inappropriate [syn: {incongruousness}] [ant: {congruity},
{congruity}]
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