congruity

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

noun

, plural con·gru·i·ties.

1. the state or quality of being congruous; harmony; appropriateness:

   a congruity of ideas.

2. the state or quality of being geometrically congruent.
3. a point of agreement.
4. Scholasticism. merit bestowed as a divine gift rather than earned.

Other Words From

• noncon·grui·ty noun plural noncongruities

Word History and Origins

Origin of congruity¹

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

Example Sentences

Scott knew little of Homer, but coincided in the Nestorian humour by mere congruity of genius.

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There was a fitness of congruity in putting the head of the old, thrifty economist, on the one cent stamp.

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It was a spot which returned upon the memory of those who loved it with an aspect of peculiar and kindly congruity.

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It does, however, approximate congruity with these objects as nearly as possible.

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The object of thinking is to introduce congruity between the two.

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