incongruity

[ in-kuh n-groo-i-tee, -kuh ng- ]

/ ˌɪn kənˈgru ɪ ti, -kəŋ- /

the quality or condition of being incongruous.

something incongruous.

Origin of incongruity

From the Late Latin word incongruitās, dating back to 1525–35. See in-³, congruity

In their incongruity and outrageous character, they were more and more effective.

Joseph Campbell on the Roots of Halloween |Joseph Campbell |October 31, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But there is another kind of smile evoked by the incongruity between the appearance and the reality.

The Gentle Reader |Samuel McChord Crothers
The incongruity is there notwithstanding the probability that the soldier who faces the fire of the enemy will be killed.

Mountain Meditations |L. Lind-af-Hageby
Yet she had no sins to confess (belief in which incongruity demonstrates her state of darkness).

Mr. Claghorn's Daughter |Hilary Trent

He knew that he had been most powerfully attracted to her, but he did not fail to recognize the incongruity of such a situation.

In Old Kentucky |Edward Marshall and Charles T. Dazey
The semicircular dome of the entrance, which is whitewashed, forms an incongruity which mars the general effect of the faade.

Forty Thousand Miles Over Land and Water |Lady (Ethel Gwendoline [Moffatt]) Vincent

incongruity

/ (ˌɪnkɒŋˈɡruːɪtɪ) /

something incongruous

the state or quality of being incongruous