inharmony

noun

(ˌ)in-ˈhär-mə-nē How to pronounce inharmony (audio)
Definition of inharmonynext
as in discord
a lack of agreement or harmony a striking inharmony between the evangelist's professed spiritual concerns and his materialistic pleasures

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inharmony
  1. discord
  2. strife
  3. friction
  4. discordance
  5. conflict
  6. war
  7. schism
  8. warfare
Noun
  • European Union rattled again Years after financial crisis drove a wedge in the European bloc, and nearly five years after Brexit, the European Union is facing a new sign of internal discord: The 27-member bloc has been a stalwart supporter of Ukraine, but unity is fraying.
    Philipp Jenne and Jamey Keaten, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Ryan Reynolds Hints at His Mindset in First Post Since Wife Blake Lively Filed Complaint Against Justin Baldoni Lively filed her complaint months after rumors of behind-the-scenes discord between her and Baldoni, 40, began emerging in August.
    Jen Juneau, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of discord
Noun
  • The workers at the largest ski resort in the U.S. ended their nearly two-week strike, which caused skiing delays and consumer strife during the busy holiday season, last week, The New York Times reported.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 13 Jan. 2025
  • In both cases, the bag now objectively symbolizes class strife.
    Aarushi Bhandari, The Conversation, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of strife
Noun
  • The irony in the competitive friction between Bridges and Hart early in their college days is that as time has gone on, their games are similar.
    James L. Edwards III, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
  • But satin glides against your hair with no friction and doesn’t soak up the oils your hair is desperately clinging to during the low-humidity season.
    Clint Davis, Southern Living, 1 Jan. 2025
Definition of friction
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of discordance
Noun
  • Over time, this dynamic erodes trust and breeds unnecessary friction in your interactions, to the point that others notice the unstated conflict.
    David Nour, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
  • However, tariffs alone might not suffice to prevent conflict, requiring Trump to pair them with military and diplomatic strategies to ensure regional stability.
    John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of conflict
Noun
  • Foreign direct investment in India had dropped by an astonishing 43 percent in the preceding year, partly thanks to high borrowing costs and unease about the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East.
    Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
  • This was a generation whose development took place in the long shadow of World War II, in the midst of the intense opposition to the American war in Vietnam, and against the backdrop of the increasingly widespread recognition of pervasive social injustice at home and abroad.
    David A. Ross, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025
Definition of war
Noun
  • In the nineteenth century, a schism between the industrial North and the agrarian, slaveholding South culminated in the Civil War.
    Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Never mind the 25-year prison stint, the schism with his boss back home, or his upcoming trial: The man simply can’t stop smiling.
    Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2024
Definition of schism
Noun
  • In space, a previous gentleman’s agreement on warfare no longer holds sway, while there is a constant fight for one-upmanship in the Arctic and in the race to dominate critical minerals.
    Washington Examiner Staff, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Last year, all that suddenly and dramatically changed; her halcyon routine perished in the flames of political warfare.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of warfare
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