congruity

[ kuhn-groo-i-tee, kon-, kuhng-, kong- ]

/ kənˈgru ɪ ti, kɒn-, kəŋ-, kɒŋ- /

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noun, plural con·gru·i·ties.

the state or quality of being congruous; harmony; appropriateness: a congruity of ideas.

the state or quality of being geometrically congruent.

a point of agreement.

Scholasticism. merit bestowed as a divine gift rather than earned.

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Origin of congruity

1350–1400; Middle English congruite<Middle French <Late Latin congruitāt- (stem of congruitās), equivalent to Latin congru(us) congruous + -itāt--ity

non·con·gru·i·ty, noun, plural non·con·gru·i·ties.

Scott knew little of Homer, but coincided in the Nestorian humour by mere congruity of genius.
Homer and His Age|Andrew Lang
There was a fitness of congruity in putting the head of the old, thrifty economist, on the one cent stamp.
History of the Postage Stamps of the United States of America|John Kerr Tiffany
It was a spot which returned upon the memory of those who loved it with an aspect of peculiar and kindly congruity.
Return of the Native|Thomas Hardy
It does, however, approximate congruity with these objects as nearly as possible.
The Mystery of Space|Robert T. Browne

The object of thinking is to introduce congruity between the two.
How We Think|John Dewey