incompatibility

Noun

Meaning

The quality or state of being incompatible; inconsistency; irreconcilableness.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

inconsistency repugnance mutual exclusiveness difference contrast conflict opposition variation gap diversity collision paradox variance disagreement deviation
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Antonyms

compatibility association guild amity alliance community
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Hypernyms

characteristic contradictoriness physical condition physiological condition physiological state

Hyponyms

conflict incongruity incongruousness histoincompatibility Rh incompatibility

Related terms

irreconcilability

Phrases with the word

cause incompatibility rh maternal-fetal incompatibility immunological incompatibility self-incompatibility tissue incompatibility

Derivatives

-ties

Examples

It is of first-rate importance to notice from the start that stupidity is not the same thing, or the same sort of thing, as ignorance. There is no incompatibility between being well-informed and being silly, and a person who has a good nose for arguments or jokes may have a bad head for facts. Gilbert Ryle

Conflict may be defined as a situation of competition in which the parties are aware of the incompatibility of potential future positions, and in which each party wishes to occupy a position that is incompatible with the wishes of the other. Kenneth Boulding

The most important component of the incompatibility between science and religion is religion's dependence on faith. Jerry Coyne

In these ways the war in Vietnam is poisoning and brutalizing our domestic life. Psychological incompatibility has proven to be more controlling than financial feasibility, and the Great Society has become a sick society. J. William Fulbright

What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are but how you deal with incompatibility. Leo Tolstoy

INCOMPATIBILITY, n. In matrimony a similarity of tastes, particularly the taste for domination. Incompatibility may, however, consist of a meek-eyed matron living just around the corner. It has even been known to wear a moustache. Ambrose Bierce

Close letter words and terms

incompatibilism incompatibilist incompatibilistic incompatible incompatible dichotomy incompatible with