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Meaning of "incongruousness" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF INCONGRUOUSNESS

ɪnˈkɒŋɡrʊəsnəs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INCONGRUOUSNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Incongruousness 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 INCONGRUOUSNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of incongruousness in the English dictionary

The definition of incongruousness in the dictionary is the quality of being surprising because out of place; oddness.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INCONGRUOUSNESS

ambiguousness · assiduousness · congruousness · conspicuousness · contemptuousness · contiguousness · continuousness · deciduousness · discontinuousness · exiguousness · fructuousness · incestuousness · inconspicuousness · mellifluousness · nocuousness · perspicuousness · spirituousness · tenuousness · vacuousness · virtuousness

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INCONGRUOUSNESS

incondite · inconditely · inconformity · incongruence · incongruent · incongruently · incongruities · incongruity · incongruous · incongruously · inconie · inconnu · inconnue · inconscient · inconsciently · inconscionable · inconscious · inconsecutive · inconsecutively · inconsecutiveness

WORDS THAT END LIKE INCONGRUOUSNESS

biliousness · business · carelessness · consciousness · deliciousness · deviousness · flawlessness · helplessness · hilariousness · homelessness · hopelessness · lawlessness · nervousness · preciousness · restlessness · ridiculousness · righteousness · seriousness · statelessness · unconsciousness · viciousness

Synonyms and antonyms of incongruousness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «incongruousness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INCONGRUOUSNESS

Find out the translation of incongruousness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of incongruousness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «incongruousness» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

incongruousness
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

incongruencia
570 millions of speakers
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English

incongruousness
510 millions of speakers
hi

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incongruousness
380 millions of speakers
ar

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incongruousness
280 millions of speakers
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incongruousness
278 millions of speakers
pt

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incongruência
270 millions of speakers
bn

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incongruousness
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

incongruité
220 millions of speakers
ms

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Ketidakcocokan
190 millions of speakers
de

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incongruousness
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

違和感
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

incongruousness
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Incongruousness
85 millions of speakers
vi

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incongruousness
80 millions of speakers
ta

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incongruousness
75 millions of speakers
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विसंगती
75 millions of speakers
tr

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incongruousness
70 millions of speakers
it

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incongruenza
65 millions of speakers
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incongruousness
50 millions of speakers
uk

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incongruousness
40 millions of speakers
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incongruousness
30 millions of speakers
el

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incongruousness
15 millions of speakers
af

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incongruousness
14 millions of speakers
sv

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incongruousness
10 millions of speakers
no

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incongruousness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of incongruousness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INCONGRUOUSNESS»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of incongruousness
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «incongruousness».

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INCONGRUOUSNESS»

Discover the use of incongruousness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to incongruousness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Creation and Evolution: A Biosemiotic Approach
It is perhaps not unreasonable to assume that memory traces of this period of childish incongruousness and impotence remain to a certain extent — especially when adults wish to demonstrate helplessness and dependence. In this situation of ...
Friedrich Salomon Rothschild
2
Man's manhood, a lecture
And further, it would appear that in the incongruousness of things about him to each other, lies much of the general ... end; and if their incongruousness to each other set him to that sort of work which brings on his maturity, — then in their very  ...
George Morris (minister of Watling st. chapel, Canterbury.), 1848
3
Biblical Revision: considerations in favour of a revised ...
In sundry instances the sense is marred by an incongruousness in the metaphors ; for which the Bible, perhaps, is the last book in the world to be made answerable; and this particular fault, in most instances, a slight change in the pointing, ...
Edward SLATER (of Kensington.), 1856
4
Present Religion: Religion as a faith-owning fellowship
The mystic union of the natures, abstract and concrete, was thus painted, not with avoidance of the incongruousness that must ever exist when the type is mixed up with reality, but especially with full sense and acknowledgment of the ...
Sara Sophia Hennell, 1873
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A Dictionary Sanskrit and English
210.: iii H'Q'fi l-'h'fi i W u 2i wtfir first? in mm“, the last word does not represent an Avyayibh., but the accus. neuter of a Tatpurusba; viz. “such a Not corsacrificial ceremony goes into uselessness, or into incongruousness, i. e. becomes useless , ...
‎1856
6
Manual of Political Economy: A Variorum Translation and ...
... by some incongruousness between the end that is subjectively pursued and the end that is actually achieved. One hardly needs add that this incongruousness is linked to the changes and uncertainty brought about by the passing of time.
Vilfredo Pareto, Aldo Montesano, Alberto Zanni, 2013
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CARS 2002 Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery: Computer ...
The subjects felt difficult to control the robot by the incongruousness of given view . A subject should concentrate on delicate control of the robot under incongruousness of video presentation and declined robot drivability under delayed video ...
Heinz U. Lemke, M. W. Vannier, K. Inamura, 2002
8
Italian National Identity in the Scramble for Africa: ...
Again the incongruousness of Facanapa being made a member of the 'Istituto di Franza' where his practical working class knowledge will place him firmly above his 'scienziati' colleagues, is not only funny but points to the fact that exploration ...
Giuseppe Finaldi, 2009
9
Psychology of C. G. Jung
Individuality is, namely, exactly the opposite of an archetype. 'For the individual is precisely not that which is typical in some way or another, but a unique mixture of perhaps typical and single characteristics.'5 This incongruousness, at 1Emma ...
Jolande Jacobi, Jolande Székács Jacobi, 1999
10
Outlandish: Writing Between Exile and Diaspora
(HD, 38) What strikes Marlow as (painfully) amusing here is the incongruousness of the action performed and the nature of the performer, an incongruousness that itself informs the broader treatment of the politics of belonging in the text.
Nico Israel, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INCONGRUOUSNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term incongruousness is used in the context of the following news items.
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Playlist: Total Giovanni on David Bowie
It's inclusion on the record has long been the subject of derision but I think it's incongruousness is brilliant. The auto harp in the verse lends ... «Daily Review, Jul 15»
2
Sousse Letter: Locals ponder attack's effects on their future
It was British home secretary Theresa May who best captured the incongruousness of it: “How could a place of such beauty, of relaxation and ... «Irish Times, Jun 15»
3
Songs on Screen Week: 'New Jack Hustler' from 'New Jack City'
... the rest of the movie," as if its incongruousness were somehow unintentional and George Roy Hill totally missed that he was sticking a gauzy, ... «HitFix, Jun 15»
4
Kardashian Click Bait: Why We Continually Engage
The incongruousness of their actions seem to be lost on the comment authors. After all, you had to have clicked the article if you're commenting. «Huffington Post, Jun 15»
5
Normandy Channel Race: Express ride back to Normandy
This is how it's been since Tuskar Rock and we're all reflecting on the strange idea, the incongruousness even, of laboriously tacking our way ... «BYM News, May 15»
6
Details of Deadly Biker Shootout in Waco Are Surreal, Terrifying
In a further bit of surreal incongruousness, the Department of Justice refers to criminal biker gangs as Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs, or OMGs. «Slate Magazine, May 15»
7
2015 Volkswagen Golf R Estate review
There's even an element of enjoyable incongruousness to seeing a Golf estate - even one with quad exhausts and evidently meaningful styling - pull a ... «Autocar, Apr 15»
8
Dark Ages Review – A Generic Genre Mashup
... which sounds all the more ridiculous for it's incongruousness and its insistence on commenting on how the primitive humans don't have the ... «Overmental, Mar 15»
9
Vegetarian London: Nipa Thai Restaurant Review
... the food taste like a tropical garden — one in which, despite the incongruousness of its buttoned-up surroundings, a wild party is in full swing. «Londonist, Feb 15»
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In high society, there are worse indiscretions than having sex with a …
... the focus shifts from the incongruousness of human-animal romance to the way in which people are willing to overlook just about anything in ... «A.V. Club, Feb 15»
REFERENCE
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