Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The state or an instance of disagreement; discord.
- noun Genetics The presence of a given trait in only one member of a pair of identical twins.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In geology, a lack of parallelism or complete conformity in associated strata.
- noun The state of being discordant; disagreement; opposition; inconsistency.
- noun Discord of sound.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun State or quality of being discordant; disagreement; inconsistency.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A state of
discord . - noun music Lack of
harmony ;dissonance . - noun genetics The presence of a specific
genetic trait in only one of a set ofclones (oridentical twins ).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a harsh mixture of sounds
- noun strife resulting from a lack of agreement
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Examples
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The divergent scales of values scream in discordance, they dazzle and daze us, and in order that it might not be painful we steer clear of all other values, as though from insanity, as though from illusion, and we confidently judge the whole world according to our own home values.
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Since then there are some imaginations which may, and others which may not be rejected, it is lawful for us to retain our assent concerning them, though there were no other cause but this discordance, which is sufficient to work in us a suspicion of things, as having nothing certain and assured, but being altogether full of obscurity and perturbation.
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Dressing up "discordance" with the term "diversity" no more makes off-key music sound better than it makes gutteral sewer commentary tolerable.
About my proposed Titus recording. Ann Althouse 2009
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The term "discordance" is the opposite -- a condition in one twin but not in the other twin.
Dan Agin: More Than Genes IV: Epigenetics, the Womb, and Mental Illness 2009
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From hence the PASSIONS have their birth: these are more or less violent; they are, however, nothing more than the motion of the will, determined by the objects which give it activity; consequently composed of the analogy or of the discordance which is found between these objects, man's peculiar mode of existence, and the force of his temperament.
The System of Nature, Volume 1 Paul Henri Thiry Holbach 1756
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The term "discordance" is the opposite -- a condition in one twin but not in the other twin.
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In fact, the discordance between federal and state laws makes it especially important to protect the privacy of patients.
Steph Sherer: Patient Privacy Should Be at the Heart of Medical Marijuana Regulations Steph Sherer 2011
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In fact, the discordance between federal and state laws makes it especially important to protect the privacy of patients.
Steph Sherer: Patient Privacy Should Be at the Heart of Medical Marijuana Regulations Steph Sherer 2011
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We experience an additional discordance when the people around us are telling us that they love us, but we just don't feel it somehow.
Sara Elizabeth Ivanhoe: Bhakti - The Yoga of Valentine's Day Sara Elizabeth Ivanhoe 2012
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In most of Ms. Freda's 29 pictures all from 2010 there is discordance among the severe geometries, layered wax grounds and expressionistic strokes.
Playing With Sand, Wind and Fire Lance Esplund 2011
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