dissonance

Noun

Meaning

A mingling of discordant sounds; an inharmonious combination of sounds; discord.

Want of agreement; incongruity.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

noise disagreement racket dissension fitch division difference conflict opposition variation controversy dispute variance contention clash

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Antonyms

harmony concord alliance music community symphony

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Hypernyms

sound conflict sound property auditory sensation

Hyponyms

divide discord cacophony disharmony discordance inharmoniousness

Related terms

sound sonic sonorous assonance

Phrases with the word

extreme dissonance dissonance reduction critical dissonance

Examples

Stand up and take your dissonance like a man. Charles Ives

If only all the contradictory voices shouting inside my head would calm down and sing a song in unison, whatever it was I wouldn't care so long as they sang without dissonance. Ralph Ellison

You'll be pleased to hear, Christopher, that I am no longer a Muslim liberal but an atheist [.... ] I find that it obviates the necessity for any cognitive dissonance. Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Dissonance / (if you are interested) / leads to discovery. William Carlos Williams

I have never quite grasped the worry about the power of the press. After all, it speaks with a thousand voices, in constant dissonance. Eric Sevareid

Dissonance is the truth about harmony. Theodor Adorno

Close letter words and terms

dissolving the marriage dissolving view dissolvingly dissonance reduction dissonancy dissonant