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Definition of Congruity
1. Noun. The quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate.
Generic synonyms: Harmoniousness, Harmony
Derivative terms: Congruent, Congruent, Congruous, Congruous, Congruous, Congruous
Antonyms: Incongruity, Incongruousness
Definition of Congruity
1. n. The state or quality of being congruous; the relation or agreement between things; fitness; harmony; correspondence; consistency.
Definition of Congruity
1. Noun. The quality of agreeing; the quality of being suitable and appropriate. ¹
2. Noun. An instance or point of agreement or correspondence; a resemblance. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Congruity
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Congruity
Literary usage of Congruity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of Criticism by Henry Home Kames (1870)
"It is a matter of experience, that congruity or propriety, wherever perceived,
is agreeable ; and that incongruity or impropriety where ever perceived, ..."
2. The Genesis of Art-form: An Essay in Comparative æsthetics Showing the by George Lansing Raymond (1893)
"congruity, INcongruity, AND COMPREHENSIVENESS. The Order of the Arrangement of
the Methods in the last Chapter Corresponds to that of the Use of them by the ..."
3. Chambers's Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A History Critical and by David Patrick, Robert Chambers (1902)
"For wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together with
quickness and variety, wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, ..."
4. The Essentials of æsthetics in Music, Poetry, Painting, Sculpture and by George Lansing Raymond (1921)
"It is hardly necessary to show that the principle of variety applied to congruity
leads to incongruity, or that both together lead to comprehensiveness. ..."
5. Verse Writing: A Practical Handbook for College Classes and Private Guidance by William Herbert Carruth (1917)
"congruity demands that there be a reasonable harmony and proportion in such ...
Many phases of congruity are obvious or easily explained; in other cases the ..."
6. Elements of Mental Philosophy by Thomas Cogswell Upham, Dugald Stewart (1831)
"We admit, that the congruity or fitness here spoken of cannot be defined ; but
the ideas of power, intelligence, antecedence, and many others are also not ..."
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