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CONGRUOUSNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does congruousness mean?
• CONGRUOUSNESS (noun)
The noun CONGRUOUSNESS has 1 sense:
1. the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate
Familiarity information: CONGRUOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
congruence; congruity; congruousness
Hypernyms ("congruousness" is a kind of...):
harmoniousness; harmony (compatibility in opinion and action)
Antonym:
incongruousness (the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate)
Derivation:
congruous (suitable or appropriate together)
congruous (corresponding in character or kind)
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