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incongruity

noun as in discrepancy

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Yet these seeming incongruities of musical life are what fascinate the most.

This incongruity between cosmopolitan appearance and fundamentalist message is central to their popularity.

From Salon

But longtime Mexico City denizens point out incongruities: the prevalence of palm trees, misnamed or nonexistent institutions, a court scene with a jury even though criminal jury trials do not exist here.

Through tears, she noted the incongruity of the moment.

For Tinashe, the incongruity of being the kind of person who has their Zoom camera off a day after they sang about seduction, repulsion and red flags in front of thousands seems the entire point.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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