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English noun: dissonance

1. dissonance (state) a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters


Synonymsdisagreement, dissension


Broader (hypernym)conflict


Narrower (hyponym)disunity, divide


Antonymsaccord, agreement

2. dissonance (cognition) the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience


SamplesModern music is just noise to me.


Synonymsnoise, racket


Broader (hypernym)auditory sensation, sound

3. dissonance (attribute) disagreeable sounds


Broader (hypernym)sound property


Narrower (hyponym)cacophony, discord, discordance, disharmony, inharmoniousness


Antonymsharmony









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