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One question about a joke is, how well is the strangeness of the situation resolved? At 'The New Yorker', we retain a lot of incongruity, tapping the playful part of the mind - Monty Python-type stuff. We also try to use humor as a vehicle for communicating ideas. Not editorial comment, but observation.
Robert Mankoff

Meaning of "incongruity" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INCONGRUITY

incongruity  [ˌɪnkɒŋˈɡruːɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INCONGRUITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Incongruity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES INCONGRUITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Congruence

Congruence is the state achieved by coming together, the state of agreement. The Latin congruō meaning “I meet together, I agree”. As an abstract term, congruence means similarity between objects. Congruence, as opposed to approximation, is a relation which implies a species of equivalence.

Definition of incongruity in the English dictionary

The definition of incongruity in the dictionary is something incongruous. Other definition of incongruity is the state or quality of being incongruous.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INCONGRUITY


acuity
əˈkjuːɪtɪ
ambiguity
ˌæmbɪˈɡjuːɪtɪ
annuity
əˈnjuːɪtɪ
assiduity
ˌæsɪˈdjuːɪtɪ
circuity
səˈkjuːɪtɪ
congruity
kɒŋˈɡruːɪtɪ
conspicuity
ˌkɒnspɪˈkjuːɪtɪ
contiguity
kɒntɪˈɡjuːɪtɪ
continuity
ˌkɒntɪˈnjuːɪtɪ
discontinuity
dɪsˌkɒntɪˈnjuːɪtɪ
fatuity
fəˈtjuːɪtɪ
fortuity
fɔːˈtjuːɪtɪ
gratuity
ɡrəˈtjuːɪtɪ
ingenuity
ˌɪndʒɪˈnjuːɪtɪ
innocuousness
ˌɪnəˈkjuːɪtɪ
perpetuity
ˌpɜːpɪˈtjuːɪtɪ
perspicuity
ˌpɜːspɪˈkjuːɪtɪ
promiscuity
ˌprɒmɪˈskjuːɪtɪ
superfluity
ˌsuːpəˈfluːɪtɪ
vacuity
væˈkjuːɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INCONGRUITY

incondensable
incondensibility
incondensible
incondite
inconditely
inconformity
incongruence
incongruent
incongruently
incongruities
incongruous
incongruously
incongruousness
inconie
inconnu
inconnue
inconscient
inconsciently
inconscionable
inconscious

WORDS THAT END LIKE INCONGRUITY

antiquity
appropinquity
biscuity
deferred annuity
employment equity
equity
fruity
immediate annuity
in perpetuity
inequity
iniquity
life annuity
longinquity
negative equity
obliquity
private equity
propinquity
strenuity
tenuity
ubiquity

Synonyms and antonyms of incongruity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INCONGRUITY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «incongruity» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of incongruity

Translation of «incongruity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INCONGRUITY

Find out the translation of incongruity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of incongruity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «incongruity» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不协调
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

incongruencia
570 millions of speakers

English

incongruity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अयोग्यता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التناقض
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

несоответствие
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

incongruência
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অনৈক্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

incongruité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ketidakcekapan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Unangemessenheit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

不一致
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

부조화
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Incongruity
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bất lịch sự
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அமையாத நிலை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विसंगती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

uyuşmazlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

incongruenza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niezgodność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

невідповідність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nepotrivire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δυσαρμονία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

teenstrydigheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

inkongruens
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

uoverensstemmelse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of incongruity

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INCONGRUITY»

The term «incongruity» is regularly used and occupies the 107.840 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INCONGRUITY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about incongruity

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3 QUOTES WITH «INCONGRUITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word incongruity.
1
Max Beerbohm
Incongruity is the mainspring of laughter.
2
Robert Mankoff
One question about a joke is, how well is the strangeness of the situation resolved? At 'The New Yorker', we retain a lot of incongruity, tapping the playful part of the mind - Monty Python-type stuff. We also try to use humor as a vehicle for communicating ideas. Not editorial comment, but observation.
3
Reinhold Niebuhr
The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INCONGRUITY»

Discover the use of incongruity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to incongruity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Incompatibility and Incongruity in Wild and Cultivated Plants
This book reviews the impressive knowledge acquired in the last century on the biology, particularly the inheritance and population genetics of self-incompatibility, and presents the new approaches to the study of the structure, function ...
D. De Nettancourt, 2001
2
The Salience of Marketing Stimuli: An Incongruity-Salience ...
This book presents a theoretical approach for enhancing consumer processing and memory of marketing communication.
Gianluigi Guido, 2001
3
Effects of Joint Incongruity on Articular Pressure ...
Our Own Investigations The precise analysis of the significance of joint incongruity for pressure transmission and the adaptive processes in the subchondral bone requires a quantitative evaluation of the joint incongruity which can then be ...
F. Eckstein, B. Merz, C.R. Jacobs, 2000
4
Mismatch: Form-Function Incongruity and the Architecture of ...
Linguistic mismatch phenomena involve semiotic functions that attach to forms in defiance of grammatical design features.
Elaine J. Francis, Laura A. Michaelis, 2003
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The Basic Humor Process: A Cognitive-shift Theory and the ...
There are two distinct types of incongruity theory. The older and simpler one may be called "elementary incongruity theory," and the newer one "incongruity-and- resolution theory." This chapter attempts to refute the former and then the latter by  ...
Robert L. Latta, 1999
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The Psychology of Humor: An Integrative Approach
The results supported the predictions of Shultz's incongruity-resolution theory: subjects reported that they did not notice the hidden meaning of an ambiguous element in the joke setup until the incongruity of the punch line caused them to ...
Rod A. Martin, 2010
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Humor in Advertising: A Comprehensive Analysis
The three categories are: Cognitive-perceptual (including the incongruity theories ); Superiority (affective-evaluative theories); Relief (including psychodynamic theories). Cognitive Theories Cognitive theories of humor date to the 1 700s and  ...
Charles S. Gulas, Marc G. Weinberger, 2006
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Taking Laughter Seriously
The Incongruity Theory In turning now to our second theory of laughter, the incongruity theory, we shift our focus from the emotional or feeling side of laughter to the cognitive or thinking side. While amusement for the superiority theory is ...
John Morreall, 1983
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Intrinsic Motivation and Self-Determination in Human Behavior
Optimal Incongruity Several writers, working primarily in the cognitive tradition, have attempted to explain intrinsically motivated behavior with the psychological construct of incongruity. The central question in this work is, To what extent do ...
Edward L. Deci, Richard M. Ryan, 1985
10
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Genealogy to Iqbal
4 Incongruity reconsidered Even if incongruity is not a necessary condition or component of humorousness, no account of humour can fail to accord it a special status. Beyond being the most common focus of humour, its special status may ...
Edward Craig, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INCONGRUITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term incongruity is used in the context of the following news items.
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The jury is in, Tokyo interiors at Griffin Museum - Theater & art - The …
The resulting objects have the mundane look of a minor award sitting on a desk. This is incongruity on stilts. Prim in appearance, the items are ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
2
Letters: Sizing up the Iran deal | Newsday
The incongruity of the proposal can be best observed in that the United States would release more than $140 billion to Iran, under the empty ... «Newsday, Jul 15»
3
Versailles doesn't need the art work of Anish Kapoor | afr.com
On Versailles' main axial view, Kapoor is concerned not to detract but to jolt us by ugliness and incongruity so that we think and see differently. «The Australian Financial Review, Jul 15»
4
Funny or offensive? | The Ukrainian Weekly
But also, Ukrainians have traditionally risen to their country's defense, just like the guy on the subway – the incongruity and absurdity of that ... «The Ukrainian Weekly, Jul 15»
5
Last Day in the Dynamite Factory | The Saturday Paper
... circumstance is perfectly designed for reading group notes but has none of the texture and burr, the incorrigible incongruity of reality. «The Saturday Paper, Jul 15»
6
Trapped in a man's body in an unforgiving community | The Jewish …
Raised in a large family, she first began experiencing what she calls "feelings of incongruity" when she was six. "I tried to block the feelings out. «Jewish Chronicle, Jul 15»
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83% report lacklustre performance as they struggle to get to grips …
... right process-based elements but when it comes to enabling these initiative with the right technology, the survey highlights incongruity in their ... «SHD Logistics, Jul 15»
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Restaurant Review: Route 59, Durham Marriot Hotel
... Doric columns and a classical pediment only adds to the incongruity. The only other thing which suggests this bog-standard hotel dining room (jazzy deep-pile ... «The Northern Echo, Jul 15»
9
Can TV Ads join the fight for equality? - Livemint
Presenting a series of images that are meant to be funny because of their incongruity, Rampal's voice-over concludes that men's face care is ... «Livemint, Jul 15»
10
Croquet is a sport that makes you want to cheat and kill
... at his country retreat was an incongruity to compete with Marie Antoinette frolicking in the grounds of the Petit Trianon dressed as a milkmaid. «Spectator.co.uk, Jul 15»

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