anomalousness

noun

as in incompatibility

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anomalousness
  1. incompatibility
  2. dichotomy
  3. incongruity
  4. incongruence
  5. variance
  6. nonconformity
  7. variability
  8. inequality
Noun
  • Romano explained that their on-set incompatibility stemmed from how they were raised.
    — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Gauss incompatibility can only explain smooth and periodic patterns, however, as Sharon and his team were aware.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of incompatibility
Noun
  • This can set up an easy dichotomy in which one of the items is good, and the other, by being its opposite, is bad.
    — Shayla Love, Vox, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Thinking about that dichotomy laid the groundwork for the honest-to-goodness songwriting on Rent Money.
    — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of dichotomy
Noun
  • The movie sanitizes the past and removes its tang, its pungency, leaving a craving for contact with nature, with raw experience, with incongruities and accidents and anything but what fits, in lieu of such synthetic sophistication.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Both shows attempted to offer a perspective on authentic Italian style, with Milan's incongruities as an underlying theme.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of incongruity
Noun
  • The more senior the team, the more costly this incongruence becomes, because symbolic behavior travels quickly through the organization.
    — Britton Bloch, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • Such incongruence between actions and intentions can also bring about feelings of guilt.
    — Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 24 Apr. 2026
Definition of incongruence
Noun
  • Almost none of the variance in the different measures correlated with each other.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Gallup’s research reinforces the importance of the manager-employee relationship, finding that managers account for approximately 70% of the variance in team engagement.
    — Adithyan RK, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of variance
Noun
  • How much, if at all, gender nonconformity was accepted, is not directly evident.
    — Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 May 2026
  • In that movie, Keating taught English and poetry, so his open mind and nonconformity worked.
    — Andy Hoglund, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Apr. 2026
Definition of nonconformity
Noun
  • British astronomer Sir John Herschel (1792-1871) first noticed Betelgeuse's variability beginning in 1836.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Even then, expect to see variability in premiums and coverage amounts when shopping around for providers.
    — Matt Richardson, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of variability
Noun
  • The vote is being framed by supporters as part of a broader struggle over economic inequality and the political influence of the billionaire class.
    — Senior Editor, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Conversely, the progressive economist Joseph Stiglitz has defended such taxes as offering an efficient way to tackle income inequality.
    — M. Nolan Gray, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of inequality
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