as in incongruity
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Irony involves incongruity, while tragicomedy is about possible congruity—not mutual erasure but the capacity for the tragic and comic to coexist.
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Nobody is more alive to the comic incongruity than the man himself.
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Fragmented Communication Weakens Recognition One of the most immediate and damaging consequences is inconsistency.
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The prior injury and the club’s inconsistencies have limited his high-leverage opportunities in the ninth inning.
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The more senior the team, the more costly this incongruence becomes, because symbolic behavior travels quickly through the organization.
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Such incongruence between actions and intentions can also bring about feelings of guilt.
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This phenomenon, called cytoplasmic incompatibility, also occurs when male and female mosquitoes carrying different strains of the bacterium mate.
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Her recent work revives a dreamy Renaissance style to show its absurd incompatibility with the raging, petulant menaces in whom the world’s power is concentrated.
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“Incongruousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incongruousness. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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