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incongruity

incongruity Incongruity is a sensed lack of fit or mismatch within experience, even when a person cannot clearly identify what is out of accord.

Incongruity is a sensed lack of fit or mismatch within experience, even when a person cannot clearly identify what is out of accord. In this historical source, such a vague awareness of incongruity is described as part of the general feeling of congruity or its opposite.

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Drafting source: Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 1901. 1901 New York Macmillan original; archive index checked 2026-10-18. “Fitness (consciousness of)” (Fitness).
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