as in discord
a lack of agreement or harmony
the dissonance between what we are told and what we see with our own eyes
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Recent Examples of dissonance
Key among players’ worries was that the Amazon series would be a gritty, boilerplate crime drama bereft of the tonal dissonance fans have come to love from the game’s wacky, melodramatic soap opera.
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Isaiah Colbert, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2024
Business leaders must align their public persona with their private selves or risk unethical behavior stemming from this dissonance.
—Gabriel McCurtis, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Kancheli plays with dissonance in the music, yet a melancholy sweetness prevails throughout.
—Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 11 Oct. 2024
These politicians instead will continue in dissonance, encouraging their supporters to hum louder than the other choir.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
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Isaiah Colbert, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2024
Business leaders must align their public persona with their private selves or risk unethical behavior stemming from this dissonance.
—Gabriel McCurtis, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Kancheli plays with dissonance in the music, yet a melancholy sweetness prevails throughout.
—Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 11 Oct. 2024
These politicians instead will continue in dissonance, encouraging their supporters to hum louder than the other choir.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissonance
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With a perceptively pro-fossil fuel stance of many in Baku, discord spilled out into the open.Gaurav Sharma, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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More:Trump says US intel briefed him about how Iran wants to assassinate him to sow discord in US The two men charged in New York also allegedly were recruited to kill an American journalist, Masih Alinejad, a journalist and activist who has criticized Iran's head-covering laws for women.Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 8 Nov. 2024
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Moments of friction with China spurred India’s search for stronger partnerships.Harsh V. Pant, Foreign Affairs, 14 Nov. 2024
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The latter studs the surface of a ball like barnacles to enhance friction, yet the material still spreads thin and even, like toothpaste.Evan Bush, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Unlike their countrymen in the contemporary tropicalia movement (Gilberto Gil, Os Mutantes), the Minas Gerais musicians favored languid drift and golden melody over genre-busting and discordance, and Lo Borges is as good an album as the moment produced.Vulture Editors, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2024
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The lengthy obituaries detailed my career accomplishments and deep ties to family and friends with the uncanny discordance of an AI bot.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2024
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Content by this author: Afghanistan’s Ethnic Puzzle In 2001, fearing ethnic strife, the international community pushed for a strong central government in Kabul.Thomas Barfield, Foreign Affairs, 19 Nov. 2024
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The official synopsis for Rose’s Lear Rex reads: An aging king decides to divide his kingdom between his three daughters to prevent future strife.Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
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As the neighborhood demographics have changed, park usage has often become a point of conflict.Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Nov. 2024
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The attorneys argued that the development conflicts with the city's future planning ordinance, known as the comprehensive plan.John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Nov. 2024
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Firstly, prices for gold and silver have been rising this year, driven by easing inflation, uncertain remarks by the Fed, and geopolitical concerns given the ongoing wars between Russia - Ukraine.Trefis Team, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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The barb would elicit responses from both Drake and J. Cole, with J. Cole bowing out early, leaving the rhyme war focused squarely on Drake and Kendrick Lamar.Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 21 Nov. 2024
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Thompson said that the pope has contributed to a major schism among Catholics, with more conservative members dismissing his progressive stances on LGBTQ rights and the environment and more liberal members calling him out for not shifting the church's stance on reproductive rights.Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2024
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In New York, the schism between boss Chickie and underboss Vince widens.Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2024
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This is a talky chamber piece of philosophical face-offs, debate duels and wordy warfare, though the outcomes remain just as harrowing.Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2024
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The war’s vast front lines could become a sort of laboratory for modern warfare, giving Kim’s troops — and their generals — a chance to study.Matthew Bodner, NBC News, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Dissonance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissonance. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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