incongruousness

Definitions of incongruousness
  1. noun
    the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate
    synonyms: incongruity
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    antonyms:
    congruousness
    the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate
    types:
    irony
    incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs
    Socratic irony
    admission of your own ignorance and willingness to learn while exposing someone's inconsistencies by close questioning
    type of:
    incompatibility
    the quality of being unable to exist or work in congenial combination
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