incongruities

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incongruities - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Incongruity \In`con*gru"i*ty\, n.; pl. Incongruities. [Pref.
     in- not + congruity: cf. F. incongruit['e].]
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     1. The quality or state of being incongruous; lack of
        congruity; unsuitableness; inconsistency; impropriety.
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              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.
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     2. Disagreement of parts; lack of symmetry or of harmony.
        [Obs.]
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     3. That which is incongruous; lack of congruity.
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