Incongruity

Definitions

1. The state of being incongruous, or lacking congruence.
   countable, uncountable
2. An instance or point of disagreement.
   countable, uncountable
3. A thing that is incongruous.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“I was told that the Australian Government had had to send⟳ my name⟳ to London before agreeing to my appointment. My credentials were actually addressed to Her Majesty, despite the fact that the Government of the United Kingdom had recognized the Chinese Communist regime in Peking as early as 1950. No one, however, seemed to notice⟳ the incongruity of such an arrangement.”

CEFR level