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dissonance::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | noise, racket |
| Type of | sound, auditory sensation |
| Derivation | dissonant, dissonate |
dissonance::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | disagreement, dissension |
| Type of | conflict |
| Has types | disunity, divide |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | sound property |
| Has types | inharmoniousness, disharmony, cacophony, discord, discordance |
| Derivation | dissonant, dissonate |
Examples of dissonance
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This cognitive dissonance arises from two common misunderstandings of the sport.
From the economist.com
The dissonance between the people and their leaders on term limits is deafening.
From the time.com
Are you mad, or is it just heatstroke that has caused this cognitive dissonance?
From the sacbee.com
As for Americans, they have been cemented into a state of cognitive dissonance.
From the infowars.com
The effect was frequently mesmerizing, even when a gnashing dissonance took hold.
From the bostonherald.com
During this September of our dissonance, the nation feasts on all things Sarah.
From the philly.com
Then, adding dissonance to the bridge, he simulated a Parisian emergency vehicle.
From the jsonline.com
This kind of situation is caused by a phenomenon known as cognitive dissonance.
From the cairns.com.au
Lab experiments have verified the presence of arousal in dissonance situations.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Disagreement: a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
- Noise: the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; "modern music is just noise to me"
- Disagreeable sounds
- (dissonant) unresolved: characterized by musical dissonance; harmonically unresolved
- (dissonant) discordant: lacking in harmony
- (dissonant) at variance(p): not in accord; "desires at variance with his duty"; "widely discrepant statements"
- Dissonance is the 12th studio album from the band Enuff Z'Nuff. The album reunites singers / songwriters Donnie Vie and Chip Z'Nuff after Vie's hiatus from the band of several years. ...
- In music, consonance and dissonance form a structural dichotomy in which the terms define each other by mutual exclusion: a consonance is what is not dissonant, and reciprocally. However, a finer consideration shows that the distinction forms a gradation, from the most consonant to the most dissonant...
- A harsh, discordant combination of sounds; conflicting notes that are not overtones of the note or chord sounding; a state of disagreement or conflict
