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incongruity (n.)

1530s, "quality of being incongruent," from French incongruité (16c.) or directly from Medieval Latin incongruitas, from Latin in- "not" (see in- (1)) + congruitas (see congruity). Meaning "that which is incongruent, an example of incongruency" is from c. 1600.

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Definitions of incongruity from WordNet

incongruity (n.)
the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate;
Synonyms: incongruousness
From wordnet.princeton.edu