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dissonance (iou)



dissonance noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French, or late Latin dissonantia, formed as DISSONANT: see -ANCE.]
Lack of agreement between things; discordance, discrepancy. LME.
COGNITIVE dissonance.
(An) unpleasant or jarring combination of sounds. L16.
Music. (The quality of) a combination of notes producing beats or sounding as if it needs resolution; a note whose presence causes this. M17.
dissonancy noun (now rare) = DISSONANCE L16.