incompatibility
- noun
- /ˌɪnkəmˌpætəˈbɪləti/
- Scientists studied the incompatibility between the findings of two experiments regarding climate change.
- fundamental incompatibility
- incompatibility between two
They have an inkling feeling that maybe what they learn about in science somehow has some incompatibility with there being free will.
- They have an inkling feeling that maybe what they learn about in science somehow has some incompatibility with there being free will.
- There's no contradiction or incompatibility between that and empathy understood in the the proper sense.
- There's they're incompatible theses that are not and and their incompatibility is not being acknowledged, but they're they're running this algorithm.
- And then suddenly there was an incompatibility in his view between the direction that Ukraine had taken.
- It's, it's sometimes translated as incompatibility or as contradiction in in some of these Stoic texts.
Examples
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The incompatibility of their beliefs led to frequent arguments during discussions.
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So we're simply stuck with this incompatibility of dealing with frequencies one way and dealing with time the other way.
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And then suddenly there was an incompatibility in his view between the direction that Ukraine had taken.
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Instead, the focus is on the incompatibility of riches with following Christ.
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This is basically to reduce the incompatibility with various cases that the EATX form factor runs into.
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Next, I would like to examine some points of incompatibility in the essential teachings of Christianity and yoga.
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The other thing that Hume is great on is the incompatibility between benevolence and justice.
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There is a fundamental incompatibility between such concepts as independent thought and creativity and evaluation based on national norms.
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Many are concerned about the incompatibility of ethnic identity and academic achievement (Colangelo, 1985).
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The cross-cutting diversity, even incompatibility, of these conceptions can seem bewildering at first glance.
Academic text (1998)
Synonyms
A situation where two ideas or statements cannot both be true
A situation where things do not match or agree
A lack of agreement between things or ideas
A situation where two things cannot both happen or be true at the same time
A state where ideas or statements say opposite things and cannot both be true
A situation where two people or groups cannot agree even after trying
A problem when rules or data do not agree
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A difference in Rh blood type between mother and baby that makes the mother's body attack the baby's blood
How Consistent
Surface Forms
Morphology
incompatibility = incompatible (semi-transparent) = in + compatible + ity
This is a regular noun formation from the adjective 'incompatible'.
Etymology
Incompatibility comes from the prefix in- meaning 'not' and compatible meaning 'able to exist or work together'. So in logic, incompatibility is when two statements cannot both be true at the same time.