Thesaurus results for INCONGRUITY

incongruity

noun

ˌin-kən-ˈgrü-ə-tē

as in paradox

someone or something with qualities or features that seem to conflict with one another she's an incongruity: an impeccably groomed woman who keeps a messy house

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Recent Examples of incongruity Not a single critic of the book was struck by the incongruity of this failure in basic thriller plotting. —

Literary Hub, 5 Feb. 2026 Plehn finds the bottom-quark incongruities intriguing. —

IEEE Spectrum, 3 Feb. 2026 In another show, with a lesser writer, such incongruities could be read as character inconsistencies, accidental oversights, mistakes. —

Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Jan. 2026 That creates a certain level of incongruity on those campuses. —

Dana Taylor, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for incongruity

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paradox

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Even though tech advocates can argue that their machines are becoming more efficient, there's a common paradox that finds when things get more efficient, they are used more often and total energy use soars even if individual uses are more efficient, Madani said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 June 2026
In a sense, that paradox is what made Michael Jackson a pop god.

— Rodney Carmichael, NPR, 3 June 2026