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inconsistency [ˌɪnkənˈsɪstənsɪ] n pl -cies
1. lack of consistency or agreement; incompatibility 2. an inconsistent feature or quality 3. (Philosophy / Logic) Logic a. the property of being inconsistent b. a self-contradictory proposition ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
inconsistency noun 1. unreliability, instability, unpredictability, fickleness, unsteadiness His worst fault was his inconsistency. 2. incompatibility, paradox, discrepancy, disparity, disagreement, variance, divergence, incongruity, contrariety, inconsonance the alleged inconsistencies in his evidence Translations inconsistency [ˌɪnkənˈsɪstənsɪ] N 1. (= inconsistent nature) [of behaviour] → carácter m contradictorio or incongruente; [of statement, account, evidence, policy] → falta f de coherencia his worst fault is his inconsistency → su peor defecto es que es un inconsecuente 2. (= contradiction) → contradicción f inconsistency [ˌɪnkənˈsɪstənsi] n [person] → inconséquence f [work] → irrégularité f (= conflict) → contradiction f inconsistency between the inconsistency between his political and his religious beliefs → la contradiction entre ses croyances politiques et religieuses (in statement, evidence) → contradiction f the inconsistencies in his evidence → les contradictions dans son témoignage inconsistency n (= contradictoriness) → Widersprüchlichkeit f, → Ungereimtheit f; the inconsistencies in his evidence → die Widersprüche in seiner Aussage (= unevenness: of work, in quality etc) → Unbeständigkeit f inconsistency [ˌɪnkənˈsɪst/ənsɪ] n a. (of actions) → contraddizione f, incoerenza; (of work) → irregolarità b. (of statement) → incongruenza inconsistency [ˌɪnkənˈsɪst/ənsɪ] n a. (of actions) → contraddizione f, incoerenza; (of work) → irregolarità b. (of statement) → incongruenza How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| As an example of motiveless degradation of character, we have Menelaus in the Orestes: of character indecorous and inappropriate, the lament of Odysseus in the Scylla, and the speech of Melanippe: of inconsistency, the Iphigenia at Aulis,--for Iphigenia the suppliant in no way resembles her later self. With dim lights and tangled circumstance they tried to shape their thought and deed in noble agreement; but after all, to common eyes their struggles seemed mere inconsistency and formlessness; for these later-born Theresas were helped by no coherent social faith and order which could perform the function of knowledge for the ardently willing soul. Yet such is human inconsistency that one of the interests of the new place to her was the accidental virtues of its lying near her forefathers' country (for they were not Blakemore men, though her mother was Blakemore to the bone). |
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