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The definition of incongruity is when things don’t match as they are expected to.

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An example of an incongruity is a wealthy woman who drives an old beaten up car.

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See incongruity in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the condition, quality, or fact of being incongruous; specif.,
1. lack of harmony or agreement
2. lack of fitness or appropriateness
pl. incongruities something incongruous

Origin: ML incongruitas < L incongruus

See incongruity in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. in·con·gru·i·ties

Lack of congruence.
The state or quality of being incongruous.
Something incongruous.

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