inconsonance

noun

Definition of inconsonancenext
as in inconsistency

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inconsonance
  1. inconsistency
  2. incompatibility
  3. incongruity
  4. incongruence
  5. cold war
  6. run-in
  7. quarrel
  8. ill will
Noun
  • The defense had a few injuries, but its inconsistency may be more about concentration and leadership.
    Seth Emerson, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The woman has admitted that there are inconsistencies in her recollection but says her claims are true.
    Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of inconsistency
Noun
  • Their basic incompatibility and your father’s manipulative nature are the reasons.
    Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 10 May 2024
  • Both lines of reasoning, while simplistic, contain kernels of a much larger truth: the fundamental incompatibility of the Gulf political-economic model with the category of refugee.
    Michael Ewers, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2015
Definition of incompatibility
Noun
  • The incongruity between Tropicana’s decent home run but low fly ball park factor is nothing new.
    Tony Blengino, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
  • The contrasts didn’t hit him all at once, but more slowly — an accumulation of incongruities that built up over time.
    Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024
Definition of incongruity
Noun
  • The tricky room of architectural incongruences also features a brass bed by Worthen, a wall of smoked mirror with rosettes to enhance the natural light, and Romo curtains.
    Kathryn Romeyn, Architectural Digest, 11 Dec. 2024
  • In doing all this, a confederation would resolve thorny questions arising from the incongruence between citizenship, nationhood, and statehood as well as between demography, nationality, and sovereignty.
    Omar M. Dajani, Foreign Affairs, 19 Sep. 2024
Definition of incongruence
Noun
  • Possible consequences include a second international cold war threatening disastrous American decline or, conceivably, even a third world war.
    Jay Ambrose, Boston Herald, 14 Jan. 2024
  • Kino Lorber’s cold war doc Soundtrack To A Coup d’Etat opened at the Film Forum in NYC to $9.1k.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2024
Definition of cold war
Noun
  • Said murder leads him to the Bahamas, with plenty of run-ins with the oddball Florida locals — and a lot of people meeting sticky ends.
    Erin Strecker, IndieWire, 17 Dec. 2024
  • In her first episode, Hadid’s Sadie has a not-so-friendly run-in with Beth Dutton (Kelly Reilly), and is later shown dressed in full Western gear, riding a horse during the auction at Yellowstone ranch.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of run-in
Noun
  • That’s the main quarrel of opponents of such conservation projects.
    Christine Ro, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Experts at the conference floated the possibility that the aquatic quarrel could make its way to the Supreme Court, though that’s viewed as a crisis that should be averted.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of quarrel
Noun
  • Authorities believe Mangione harbored ill will towards corporate America and the health insurance industry.
    Ben Brachfeld, People.com, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Police say a ghost gun, silencer and writings expressing ill will were found on Mangione and link him to the crime.
    Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of ill will
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