| 单词 | congruity |
| 释义 | congruity (once / 19313 pages) n Congruity is a quality of agreement and appropriateness. When there's congruity, things fit together in a way that makes sense. If a team has congruity, the players work together well, even if they don’t win. The word congruity is from the Old French congruité for "relevance and appropriateness." Students reading quietly in a library is an example of congruity. A clown juggling fire in a library would be an incongruity, which is when things don't fit together. A well-decorated room, where the colors complement each other, has congruity. Wearing a tuxedo to a classical music concert shows congruity: wearing a tux to a heavy metal concert would not. WORD FAMILYcongruity: congruities+/congruous: congruity, congruously, congruousness, incongruous/incongruity: incongruities/incongruous: incongruity, incongruously, incongruousness USAGE EXAMPLESPeople nest within like-minded social networks and then get social credit by amplifying their congruity. Slate(Dec 01, 2016) “Jerusalem” is full of such local arcana; it also demonstrates Moore’s tendency to see deep congruities everywhere. The New Yorker(Sep 08, 2016) In clear, declarative prose, it dips readers’ toes into stereotype threat and confirmation bias, role congruity theory, cortisol and stress studies and prospect theory. Seattle Times(Jun 05, 2016) n the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate Syn|Ant|Hyper congruence, congruousness incongruity, incongruousness the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate harmoniousness, harmony compatibility in opinion and action |
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