English noun: incompatibility | |||
1. | incompatibility the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time | ||
Synonyms | inconsistency, mutual exclusiveness, repugnance | ||
Broader (hypernym) | contradictoriness | ||
2. | incompatibility (state) (immunology) the degree to which the body's immune system will try to reject foreign material (as transfused blood or transplanted tissue) | ||
Broader (hypernym) | physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | histoincompatibility, Rh incompatibility | ||
Domain category | immunology | ||
3. | incompatibility (attribute) the quality of being unable to exist or work in congenial combination | ||
Broader (hypernym) | characteristic | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | conflict, incongruity, incongruousness | ||
Antonyms | compatibility | ||