congruity

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

  1. a point of agreement.

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

Origin of congruity

1
1350–1400; Middle English congruite<Middle French <Late Latin congruitāt- (stem of congruitās), equivalent to Latin congru(us) congruous + -itāt--ity

Other words from congruity

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

Words Nearby congruity

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How to use congruity in a sentence

  • 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.

  • 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