congruity

Noun

Meaning

The state or quality of being congruous; the relation or agreement between things; fitness; harmony; correspondence; consistency.

Coincidence, as that of lines or figures laid over one another.

That, in an imperfectly good persons, which renders it suitable for God to bestow on him gifts of grace.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

congruence congruousness union concord conservancy consonance concordance agreement identity balance concert keeping proportion correspondence unity
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Antonyms

incongruity difference contrast conflict diversity arguing
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Hypernyms

harmony harmoniousness

Derivatives

congruities

Anagrams

outcrying

Examples

The unity and congruity of culture and nature, work and love, morality and sexuality, longed for from time immemorial, will remain a dream as long as man continues to condemn the biological demand for natural (orgastic) sexual gratification. Wilhelm Reich

Challenges (teasing, questions, qualifying, feigned disinterest) serve to increase tension and test intention and congruity. Source: Internet

Prof. John Gray chooses Arabs, saying "We adopt this reading solely because of its congruity with the sequel, where Elijah is fed by an alien Phoenician woman." Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

congruential generator congruently congruism congruous congruously congruousness