Definitions for dissonance
ˈdɪs ə nənsdis·so·nance

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. disagreement, dissension, dissonancenoun

   a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters

2. noise, dissonance, racketnoun

   the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience

   "modern music is just noise to me"

3. dissonancenoun

   disagreeable sounds

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dissonancenoun

   a harsh, discordant combination of sounds

2. dissonancenoun

   conflicting notes that are not overtones of the note or chord sounding

3. dissonancenoun

   a state of disagreement or conflict

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. DISSONANCEnoun

   A mixture of harsh, unpleasing, unharmonious sounds; unsuitableness of one sound to another.

   Etymology: dissonans, Latin; dissonance, French.

   Still govern thou my song,
   But drive far off the barbarous dissonance
   Of Bacchus, and his revellers. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. vii.

   The wonted roar was up amidst the woods,
   And fill’d the air with barbarous dissonance,
   At which I ceas’d, and listen’d them a while. John Milton.

   The Latin tongue is a dead language, and none can decide with confidence on the harmony or dissonance of the numbers of these times. Samuel Garth, Ovid. Pref. to.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dissonance

   Dissonance is a term used in music to describe a combination of sounds or notes that are not harmonious or pleasing together. It is often used to create tension or conflict within a piece of music. In a broader sense, dissonance can also refer to inconsistency or disagreement between elements, ideas, beliefs, or actions. It represents a state of unrest, conflict, or disharmony.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dissonancenoun

   a mingling of discordant sounds; an inharmonious combination of sounds; discord

2. Dissonancenoun

   want of agreement; incongruity

3. Etymology: [L. dissonantia: cf. F. dissonance.]

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1. dissonance

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How to pronounce dissonance?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say dissonance in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of dissonance in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of dissonance in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of dissonance in a Sentence

1. David Sharp:

   Hunters try to kill the deer with the largest antlers, fishermen tell stories of their biggest catch, and we sensationalize even the act of dieting by hosting reality TV shows such as The Biggest Loser, when we are bombarded with the appeal of getting things bigger or larger, it creates a bit of dissonance that the message for our most intimate choices such as our meals, our plates and our bodies runs opposite to our culture of plenty when considering long-term health and wellness.

2. Lia Thomas:

   I've thought about long and hard. I think it comes to cowardice. I think it comes to a cult-like mentality. I think these people are brainwashed. They are experiencing truckloads of cognitive dissonance. I talk to many girls outside the swimming pool [at the competition and asked] ‘what is a woman?’ And they literally would not speak. It's really sinister.

3. Rohini Haar:

   I think in the U.S. the culture has been more of trusting health workers, there hasn’t been a longstanding conflict where there’s been a dissonance between health workers and the community.

4. Omar Farah:

   There is this profound dissonance between what the administration is saying about its desire to close Guantanamo and what is it actually doing, and it's the administration's actions that actually count.

5. Chuck Schumer:

   Let there be no doubt, these disasters are magnified precisely because of climate change, i can not fathom the level of cognitive dissonance required to schedule these votes one right after the other.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=dissonance
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dissonance
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=dissonance
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dissonance