(n.) A contradiction between words or passages; an inconsistency\.

absurdity absurdness ambiguity ambivalence antilogy antinomy asymmetry bizarreness bizarrerie contrariety contrast departure deviation difference disaccord disaccordance disagreement disconformity discongruity discordance discrepancy discreteness disparity disproportion disproportionateness dissent dissimilarity dissonance distinction distinctness divergence divergency diversity drollery drollness eccentricity equivocality far cry funniness futility heresy heterodoxy heterogeneity hilarity humorousness illogic illogicality illogicalness impoliticalness impoliticness inaccordance inadvisability inappropriateness inaptitude incoherence incommensurability incompatibility inconclusiveness inconsistency inconsonance inconvenience inconveniency ineptitude inequality inexpedience inexpediency infelicity inharmoniousness inharmony inopportuneness invalidity irrationality irreconcilability laughability ludicrousness mixture noncompliance nonconcurrence nonconformability nonconformance nonconformism nonconformity nonobservance odds opposition originality otherness oxymoron paradox pricelessness protest quaintness quizzicalness reasonlessness recalcitrance recusance recusancy refractoriness richness ridiculousness self-contradiction senselessness separateness the funny side unconformability unconformity undesirability unfitness unfittingness unfortunateness unlikeness unmeetness unorthodoxy unprofitability unprofitableness unreasonableness unscientificness unseasonableness unseemliness unsoundness unsuitability untenableness untimeliness unwiseness uselessness variance variation variegation variety whimsicalness wittiness worthlessness wrongness