incongruencia

f.

1 inconsistency.

hacer/decir una incongruencia to do/say something incongruous; (algo fuera de lugar) to do/say something crazy o illogical (algo absurdo)

lleno de incongruencias full of inconsistencies (relato, libro)

2 incongruity, incongruence, incompatibility, inconcinnity.

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incongruencia

► nombre femenino

1 incongruity

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SF

1) (=falta de coherencia) inconsistency, contradiction

notó la incongruencia de su razonamiento — he spotted the inconsistency o contradiction in his argument

2) (=cosa incoherente)

el paciente decía incongruencias — the patient was talking incoherently

¡deja de decir incongruencias! — stop talking nonsense!

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femenino incongruity, inconsistency

un sistema político lleno de incongruencias — a political system riddled with contradictions o incongruities

lo que dijo fue una incongruencia — what he said didn't make any sense

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= incongruity, mismatch, maladjustment, non sequitur, mixed signal.

Ex. The author defines information needs in terms of conceptual incongruities whose parameters are drawn from cognitive and social psychology.

Ex. The electron microscope is a clear case of extreme mismatch between the number of citations received and the impact of the instrument in a wide area of science.

Ex. The findings indicated that antisocial behavior was relatively stable across the elementary school years and seemed indicative for increasing maladjustment during adolescence.

Ex. Apart from the non sequitur, this takes no account of the fact that terrorists are effective.

Ex. Instead, this may come off as a sort of mixed signal considering that God has chosen to smite California right after a proposition was passed banning same sex marriage.

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* incongruencias = rantings and ravings, rantings.

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femenino incongruity, inconsistency

un sistema político lleno de incongruencias — a political system riddled with contradictions o incongruities

lo que dijo fue una incongruencia — what he said didn't make any sense

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= incongruity, mismatch, maladjustment, non sequitur, mixed signal.

Ex: The author defines information needs in terms of conceptual incongruities whose parameters are drawn from cognitive and social psychology.

Ex: The electron microscope is a clear case of extreme mismatch between the number of citations received and the impact of the instrument in a wide area of science.

Ex: The findings indicated that antisocial behavior was relatively stable across the elementary school years and seemed indicative for increasing maladjustment during adolescence.

Ex: Apart from the non sequitur, this takes no account of the fact that terrorists are effective.

Ex: Instead, this may come off as a sort of mixed signal considering that God has chosen to smite California right after a proposition was passed banning same sex marriage.

* incongruencias = rantings and ravings, rantings.

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incongruencia

feminine

1 (cualidad) incongruity, inconsistency

2 (dicho, hecho) inconsistency

no dice más que incongruencias she's always contradicting herself, the things she says don't make any sense o are totally inconsistent

un sistema político lleno de incongruencias a political system riddled with contradictions o incongruities

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incongruencia sustantivo femenino incongruity

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incongruencia nf

1. [cualidad] inconsistency

2.

hacer/decir una incongruencia [algo fuera de lugar] to do/say sth incongruous;

[algo absurdo] to do/say sth crazy o illogical;

lleno de incongruencias [relato, libro] full of inconsistencies

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incongruencia

f incongruity

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incongruencia nf

: incongruity