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dis·so·nance    Audio Help   [dis-uh-nuhns] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.inharmonious or harsh sound; discord; cacophony.
2.Music.
a.a simultaneous combination of tones conventionally accepted as being in a state of unrest and needing completion.
b.an unresolved, discordant chord or interval. Compare consonance (def. 3).
3.disagreement or incongruity.
[Origin: 1565–75; < LL dissonantia, equiv. to disson- (see dissonant) + -antia -ance]
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dis·so·nance    Audio Help   (dĭs'ə-nəns)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A harsh, disagreeable combination of sounds; discord.
  2. Lack of agreement, consistency, or harmony; conflict: "In Vietnam, reality fell away and dissonance between claim and fact filled the void" (Michael Janeway).
  3. Music A combination of tones contextually considered to suggest unrelieved tension and require resolution.

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dissonance

noun
1. a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters [syn: disagreement] [ant: accord] 
2. the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; "modern music is just noise to me" [syn: noise] 
3. disagreeable sounds [ant: harmony] 

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Main Entry: dis·so·nance
Pronunciation: 'dis-&-n&n(t)s
Function: noun
: inconsistency between the beliefs one holds or between one's actions and one's beliefs —see COGNITIVE DISSONANCE

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Dissonance

Dis"so*nance\, n. [L. dissonantia: cf. F. dissonance.]

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

Filled the air with barbarous dissonance. --Milton.

2. Want of agreement; incongruity. --Milton.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

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