Dissonance - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈdɪsənəns|  American pronunciation of the word dissonance
Brit.  |ˈdɪs(ə)nəns|  British pronunciation of the word dissonance

noun

- a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters (syn: disagreement, dissension)
- the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience (syn: noise, racket)
- disagreeable sounds

Extra examples

...the dissonance between what we are told and what we see with our own eyes...

Word forms

noun
singular: dissonance
plural: dissonances
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