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 Ridge’s equal deftness at the high end and the low is one of many apparent incongruities that the winery has managed to balance comfortably. —

Senior Wine Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Feb. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for incongruity

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paradox

Noun

The comparison trap and paradox of tools Our study looked at several forces that drive this burnout.

— Ashley Hass, The Conversation, 24 June 2026
Here is what the paradox of choice actually is, why your closet is one of its purest examples and what to do about it.

— Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 23 June 2026