Dissonance

What do we mean by dissonance?

A harsh, disagreeable combination of sounds; discord. noun

Lack of agreement, consistency, or harmony; conflict. noun

A combination of tones contextually considered to suggest unrelieved tension and require resolution. noun

The quality or fact of being dissonant; an inharmonious mixture or combination of sounds; harshness of combined sounds; discord. noun

Specifically— In music: The combination of tones that are so far unrelated to each other as to produce beats: distinguished from consonance. See beat, n. noun

The interval between two such tones. See discord. noun

Discord in general; disagreement; incongruity; inconsistency. noun

A mingling of discordant sounds; an inharmonious combination of sounds; discord. noun

Want of agreement; incongruity. noun

A harsh, discordant combination of sounds noun

Conflicting notes that are not overtones of the note or chord sounding noun

A state of disagreement or conflict noun

A conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters noun

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

Disagreeable sounds noun

A harsh, discordant combination of sounds.

Conflicting notes that are not overtones of the note or chord sounding.

A state of disagreement or conflict.

Lack of harmony or agreement Urban Dictionary

A clash between musical notes, not meeting in the correct tone. Urban Dictionary

That sudden feeling of 'ick' when you take a sip of tea but you thought it was going to be Coke. It's not that you dislike tea you just thought it would be Coke. Urban Dictionary

Discordant or a harsh and inharmonious sound A dis-harmonic note of music that sounds awkward Urban Dictionary

(n) - An unstable combination of women that increases ambient bitchiness. This can occur when the natural vibrating frequencies emitted from one woman's vagina interfere with those of another, causing an unappealing positive feedback (aka vagitation) that attenuates the mood of all women contributing to the dissonance. The intensity of vaginal dissonance is directly proportional to 1) the average distance between each vagina, and 2) the average amplitude of emitted vaginal frequencies, which can vary dramatically between women. It is believed that most documented cases of PMS are actually mistaken episodes of vaginal dissonance. Urban Dictionary

What happens when the narrative (story) of a game conflicts with the mechanics (stuff the player does.) Urban Dictionary

When your mind tells you to avoid someone but your dick tells you to go for it. Urban Dictionary

An example of somebody displaying cognitively dissonant behaviour would be a situation where the persons views, values, beliefs etc are contradicted or opposed by one or other persons causing them mental (psychological) stress. At this point a state of cognition is triggered effectively causing them to refute, reject &/or miss-perceive the contradictory views, values or beliefs. Urban Dictionary

A description for when the text (or writer) of a story actively asserts facts of character or circumstance that are, in actuality, false to majority of audience members. Derived from: Character - Tom Scavo (Desperate Housewives) Urban Dictionary

A condition of conflict or anxiety resulting from inconsistency between one's beliefs and one's actions, such as opposing the slaughter of animals and eating meat. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to dissonance:
dissonance, dissonancy, dissonant, assonance, dissonances, dissonate.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word dissonance:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe dissonance:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective dissonance:
condition, subjects, reduction, arousing, theory, reducing, controversy, phenomena, attribution, psychologists.

Consonant match to dissonance:
discernance, desinence.

Words that sound like dissonance:
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