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Inconsistency

Inconsistency Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Inconsistency? [n] the quality of being inconsistent and lacking a harmonious uniformity among things or parts [n] the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time Synonyms \| Synonyms for Inconsistency: incompatibility \| mutual exclusiveness \| repugnance Related Terms \| Find terms related to Inconsistency: aloofness \| ambiguity \| ambivalence \| anarchy \| antagonism \| antilogy \| antinomy \| antipathy \| antithesis \| asymmetry \| capriciousness \| changeability \| changeableness \| chaos \| choppiness \| clashing \| collision \| conflict \| confrontation \| confusion \| contradiction \| contradistinction \| contraindication \| contraposition \| contrariety \| contrast \| counterposition \| cross-purposes \| dappleness \| departure \| desultoriness \| deviability \| deviation \| difference \| differentiation \| diffusion \| disaccord \| disaccordance \| disagreement \| disconformity \| discongruity \| discontinuity \| discordance \| discrepancy \| discreteness \| disjunction \| dislocation \| disorder \| disparity \| dispersal \| dispersion \| disproportion \| disproportionateness \| dissent \| dissimilarity \| dissolution \| dissonance \| distinction \| distinctness \| divarication \| divergence \| divergency \| diversification \| diversity \| eccentricity \| entropy \| equivocality \| erraticism \| far cry \| fickleness \| flightiness \| freakishness \| heresy \| heterodoxy \| heterogeneity \| hostility \| illogic \| illogicality \| illogicalness \| impulsiveness \| inaccordance \| incoherence \| incommensurability \| incompatibility \| inconclusiveness \| incongruity \| inconsonance \| inconstancy \| inequality \| inharmoniousness \| inharmony \| inimicalness \| instability \| invalidity \| irrationality \| irreconcilability \| irregularity \| jerkiness \| mercuriality \| mixture \| moodiness \| motleyness \| mutability \| nonadhesion \| noncohesion \| noncompliance \| nonconcurrence \| nonconformability \| nonconformance \| nonconformism \| nonconformity \| nonobservance \| nonstandardization \| nonuniformity \| odds \| oppositeness \| opposition \| opposure \| oppugnance \| oppugnancy \| originality \| otherness \| oxymoron \| paradox \| perversity \| pluralism \| polarity \| protest \| raggedness \| reasonlessness \| recalcitrance \| recusance \| recusancy \| refractoriness \| repugnance \| restlessness \| scattering \| self-contradiction \| senselessness \| separateness \| shiftiness \| showdown \| unadherence \| unadhesiveness \| uncertainty \| unconformability \| unconformism \| unconformity \| undependability \| unevenness \| unfixedness \| unlikeness \| unorthodoxy \| unpredictability \| unreasonableness \| unreliability \| unscientificness \| unsettledness \| unsoundness \| unstableness \| unsteadfastness \| unsteadiness \| untenableness \| untenacity \| variability \| variance \| variation \| variegation \| variety \| variousness \| versatility \| wantonness \| wavering \| waywardness \| whimsicality See Also \| contradictoriness \| nonuniformity Inconsistency In Webster's Dictionary \In`consist"ency\, n.; pl. {Inconsistencies}. [Cf. F. inconsistance.] 1. The quality or state of being inconsistent; discordance in respect to sentiment or action; such contrariety between two things that both can not exist or be true together; disagreement; incompatibility. There is a perfect inconsistency between that which is of debt and that which is of free gift. --South. 2. Absurdity in argument ore narration; incoherence or irreconcilability in the parts of a statement, argument, or narration; that which is inconsistent. If a man would register all his opinions upon love, politics, religion, and learning, what a bundle of inconsistencies and contradictions would appear at last! --Swift. 3. Want of stability or uniformity; unsteadiness; changeableness; variableness. Mutability of temper, and inconsistency with ourselves, is the greatest weakness of human nature. --Addison.

Inconsistency Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Inconsistency?

[n] the quality of being inconsistent and lacking a harmonious uniformity among things or parts
[n] the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time

Synonyms | Synonyms for Inconsistency: incompatibility | mutual exclusiveness | repugnance

See Also | contradictoriness | nonuniformity

Inconsistency In Webster's Dictionary

\In`con*sist"en*cy\, n.; pl. {Inconsistencies}.
[Cf. F. inconsistance.]
1. The quality or state of being inconsistent; discordance in
   respect to sentiment or action; such contrariety between
   two things that both can not exist or be true together;
   disagreement; incompatibility.

         There is a perfect inconsistency between that which
         is of debt and that which is of free gift. --South.

2. Absurdity in argument ore narration; incoherence or
   irreconcilability in the parts of a statement, argument,
   or narration; that which is inconsistent.

         If a man would register all his opinions upon love,
         politics, religion, and learning, what a bundle of
         inconsistencies and contradictions would appear at
         last!                                 --Swift.

3. Want of stability or uniformity; unsteadiness;
   changeableness; variableness.

         Mutability of temper, and inconsistency with
         ourselves, is the greatest weakness of human nature.
                                               --Addison.

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