incongruity in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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incongruity <pl incongruities> [Am ˌɪnkənˈɡruədi, Brit ˌɪnkɒŋˈɡruːɪti] N U or C

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One incongruity is that the word translated as "reign", more precisely means reign as a king.
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Memory is better for the face of a smiling cheater than of a smiling cooperator, because the incongruity captures the attention of the participant.
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It is like nothing we have ever seen here, and it is composed of the oddest incongruities.
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This creates incongruity between the ideal self and the self-image.
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The incongruity of this hypothesis was easily shown from the distance between the bones and the summit of the rock, among other considerations.
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This random survey lends support to a schema incongruity theory stating that more elaborate information processing occurs under mildly incongruous conditions.
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In her juvenile works, she relies upon satire, parody, and irony based on incongruity.
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Ratings of musical incongruity were higher for out of tune pitch melodies than for out of key pitch.
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They agreed the predominant characteristics are incongruity or contrast in the object and shock or emotional seizure on the part of the subject.
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Incongruity of language is no bull, for it expresses meaning.
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