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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The seeming incongruity reflects an ongoing shift in the balance of the rights and restrictions that define the concept of adulthood.
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The Week Uk, theweek, 17 June 2024
As a result, Dern seems both towering and infantile — a study in incongruity that would reappear in several of her finest performances.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 8 May 2024
In the same way that a child, playing with a teddy bear, learns how her imagination relates to the external world, users reconcile similar incongruities by telling the stories of their lives on TikTok.
—Kim Hew-Low, New York Times, 16 May 2024
The chandelier was just one example of a conspicuous incongruity between the building’s high-tech functionalism and the couple’s taste in décor.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
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The Week Uk, theweek, 17 June 2024
As a result, Dern seems both towering and infantile — a study in incongruity that would reappear in several of her finest performances.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 8 May 2024
In the same way that a child, playing with a teddy bear, learns how her imagination relates to the external world, users reconcile similar incongruities by telling the stories of their lives on TikTok.
—Kim Hew-Low, New York Times, 16 May 2024
The chandelier was just one example of a conspicuous incongruity between the building’s high-tech functionalism and the couple’s taste in décor.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
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“Incongruity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incongruity. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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