incongruence
noun
in·con·gru·ence
ˌin-kən-ˈgrü-ən(t)s 
(ˌ)in-ˈkäŋ-grə-wən(t)s
(ˌ)in-ˈkäŋ-grə-wən(t)s
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The Tennessee law, like ones in some 20 other states, prohibits medical providers from prescribing puberty-delaying medication, offering hormone therapy or performing surgery to treat the psychological distress caused by incongruence between experienced gender and that assigned at birth.
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New York Times, 18 June 2025
Often, what looks like a team issue is a mirror of your own incongruence.
—Carlos Hoyos, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
The incongruence between attacking the President for imposing new costs on small businesses through tariffs while also supporting state legislation to impose new costs on small businesses will be a politically inconvenient fact for Governor Pritzker to explain.
—Patrick Gleason, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
In her Venn diagrams, Kim presses uncomfortable categories together, exploring the space of overlap as one of incongruence and friction.
—Mara Mills, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2025
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New York Times, 18 June 2025
Often, what looks like a team issue is a mirror of your own incongruence.
—Carlos Hoyos, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
The incongruence between attacking the President for imposing new costs on small businesses through tariffs while also supporting state legislation to impose new costs on small businesses will be a politically inconvenient fact for Governor Pritzker to explain.
—Patrick Gleason, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
In her Venn diagrams, Kim presses uncomfortable categories together, exploring the space of overlap as one of incongruence and friction.
—Mara Mills, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for incongruence
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“Incongruence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incongruence. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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