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Dissonance Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Dissonance? [n] disagreeable sounds [n] the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; "modern music is just noise to me" [n] a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters Synonyms \| Synonyms for Dissonance: disagreement \| dissension \| noise \| racket Related Terms \| Find terms related to Dissonance: antagonism \| argumentation \| atonalism \| atonality \| cacophony \| clashing \| clinker \| conflict \| contention \| contradiction \| contrariety \| contrast \| controversy \| departure \| deviation \| difference \| disaccord \| disaccordance \| disagreement \| disconformity \| discongruity \| discord \| discordance \| discordancy \| discrepancy \| discreteness \| disharmony \| disparity \| dissension \| dissent \| dissidence \| dissimilarity \| dissonancy \| dissonant chord \| distinction \| distinctness \| disunion \| disunity \| divergence \| divergency \| diversity \| faction \| far cry \| flatness \| heterogeneity \| inaccordance \| incompatibility \| incongruity \| inconsistency \| inconsonance \| inequality \| inharmoniousness \| inharmony \| irreconcilability \| jarring \| mixture \| negation \| nonconformity \| odds \| off note \| opposition \| oppugnancy \| otherness \| repugnance \| separateness \| sharpness \| sour note \| sourness \| stridor \| strife \| tunelessness \| unconformity \| unharmoniousness \| unlikeness \| unmusicality \| unorthodoxy \| untunefulness \| variance \| variation \| variegation \| variety \| wolf See Also \| auditory sensation \| cacophony \| conflict \| discord \| discordance \| disharmony \| disunity \| inharmoniousness \| sound \| sound property \| white noise Dissonance In Webster's Dictionary \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.

Dissonance Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dissonance?

[n] disagreeable sounds
[n] the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; "modern music is just noise to me"
[n] a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters

Synonyms | Synonyms for Dissonance: disagreement | dissension | noise | racket

Dissonance In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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