dissonance (redirected from dissonances)

dis·so·nance  (ds-nns)

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

a lack of agreement or harmony between things: this dissonance of colours

dissonant adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dissonance - a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters disagreement, dissension conflict - a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests; "his conflict of interest made him ineligible for the post"; "a conflict of loyalties" disunity - lack of unity (usually resulting from dissension) divide - a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility)
	2.	dissonance - the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; "modern music is just noise to me" noise, racket auditory sensation, sound - the subjective sensation of hearing something; "he strained to hear the faint sounds"
	3.	dissonance - disagreeable sounds sound property - an attribute of sound discordance, discord - a harsh mixture of sounds disharmony, inharmoniousness - a lack of harmony cacophony - loud confusing disagreeable sounds harmony - an agreeable sound property

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dissonance or dissonancy

noun discordance, discord, jangle, cacophony, jarring, harshness, lack of harmony, unmelodiousness