| 单词 | incongruity |
| 释义 | incongruity (once / 3365 pages) n Incongruity means out of place — something that doesn't fit in its location or situation. The art show patrons couldn't help but chuckle at the incongruity of a toilet sitting in the middle of an exhibition of Renaissance paintings. An incongruity is very different from everything around it, to the point of being inappropriate to the situation. A cat at a dog's birthday party would be an incongruity, as would a pacifist at a meeting of the War Lovers' Society. Incongruity is the idea that something is incongruous, or inappropriate. A purple towel is an incongruity in an all black-and-white bathroom. WORD FAMILYincongruity: incongruities+/congruity: congruities/congruous: congruity, congruously, congruousness, incongruous/incongruous: incongruity, incongruously, incongruousness USAGE EXAMPLESAs a whole, the series is an assured, understated study of juxtaposition in a city defined by its cultural incongruities. The New Yorker(Dec 17, 2016) The seven Mid-Atlantic artists in Arlington Arts Center’s “Fall Solos 2016” deal in incongruity and juxtaposition, whether of media or subject or both. Washington Post(Dec 09, 2016) It was the kind of incongruity that Greenhagen regularly experienced in her job. New York Times(Dec 06, 2016) n the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper incongruousness congruence, congruity, congruousness the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate irony incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs Socratic ironyadmission of your own ignorance and willingness to learn while exposing someone's inconsistencies by close questioning incompatibility the quality of being unable to exist or work in congenial combination |
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