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DISSONANCY Synonyms

12 synonyms for dissonancy. (exact relations)
0 hypernym for dissonancy. (close relations)

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conflict

noun

n

noun

• an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)

• opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings

• a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war

• a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests

• an incompatibility of dates or events

• opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot)

• a disagreement or argument about something important

verb

• be in conflict

• go against, as of rules and laws

difference

noun

n

noun

• the quality of being unlike or dissimilar

• a variation that deviates from the standard or norm

• a disagreement or argument about something important

• a significant change

• the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend

disagreement

noun

n

noun

• a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters

• a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions

• the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing

discord

noun

n

noun

• lack of agreement or harmony

• disagreement among those expected to cooperate

• a harsh mixture of sounds

• strife resulting from a lack of agreement

verb

• be different from one another

discordance

noun

n

noun

• a harsh mixture of sounds

• strife resulting from a lack of agreement

discrepancy

noun

n

noun

• a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions

• an event that departs from expectations

disharmony

noun

n

noun

• a lack of harmony

dissimilarity

noun

n

noun

• the quality of being dissimilar

divergence

noun

n

noun

• the act of moving away in different direction from a common point

• a variation that deviates from the standard or norm

• an infinite series that has no limit

• a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions

incompatibility

noun

n

noun

• the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time

• (immunology) the degree to which the body's immune system will try to reject foreign material (as transfused blood or transplanted tissue)

• the quality of being unable to exist or work in congenial combination

incongruity

noun

n

noun

• the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate

variance

noun

n

noun

• an event that departs from expectations

• discord that splits a group

• the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value

• a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions

• the quality of being subject to variation

• an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation)

• an activity that varies from a norm or standard

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