What is Incongruity:
The inconsistency is that which is said or done and that lacks meaning or coherence. It also refers to what is contradictory and illogical.
The word incongruity derives from Latin incongruitythat is, it lacks congruence.
Between the synonyms that can be used around this term are: incoherence, contradictory, absurdity, disproportion and contradiction. His antonym It is congruence.
For example, “Your actions are incongruent in relation to your actions.” “The colors with which they painted the office are incongruous, they are not harmonious.”
Incongruity can occur both in an action, as well as in language and other situations. in actions Inconsistencies happen when people claim to do something that they don’t actually do.
For example, “I don’t tell lies,” but a few minutes ago you lied to your boss about why you were late for work.
The inconsistencies as to what is stated and the actions They occur in any space and circumstance. There are people who claim to have a healthy lifestyle, but the inconsistency is observed when they achieve this more than once by eating unhealthy foods such as sweets.
in the language Inconsistencies can be generated for various reasons, one of them may be when speaking a foreign language and mastering the grammatical rules.
Another incongruity is when you think one thing but say another. For example, “I like animals, but I don’t adopt, I buy them.”
It should be noted that literary figures cannot be included as inconsistencies, since they function as a language resource in order to enrich a text, describe an image, feeling or sensation.
See also Congruence.