Her conflicting desires to consume chocolate and to lose weight resulted in her experiencing cognitive dissonance.
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Dissonance
Synonyms for "dissonance" (130 found)
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Noun(15 words)
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discrepancydiscretenessdisharmonydisparitydissensiondissentdissidencedissimilaritydissonancydissonant chorddistinctiondistinctnessdisuniondisunitydivergencedivergencydiversitydivisionfactionfar cry
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flatnessheterogeneityinaccordanceincompatibilityincongruityinconsistencyinconsonanceinequalityinharmoniousnessinharmonyirreconcilabilityjanglejarringmixturenegationnonconformityoddsoff noteoppositionoppugnancyothernessrepugnanceseparatenesssharpnesssour notesournessstridorstrifetunelessnessunconformityunharmoniousnessunlikenessunmusicalityunorthodoxyuntunefulnessvariancevariationvariegationvarietywolf
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42 translations across 18 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- дисонанс noun (a harsh, discordant combination of sounds)
- дисхармония noun (conflicting notes that are not overtones of the note or chord sounding)
- неблагозвучие noun (a harsh, discordant combination of sounds)
- несъгласие noun (a state of disagreement or conflict)
Catalan
2 entries- dissonància noun (conflicting notes that are not overtones of the note or chord sounding)
- dissonància noun (a state of disagreement or conflict)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 不和諧 /不和谐 noun (a harsh, discordant combination of sounds)
Czech
4 entries- disonance noun (conflicting notes that are not overtones of the note or chord sounding)
- neshoda noun (a state of disagreement or conflict)
- nesoulad noun (a state of disagreement or conflict)
- nesouzvuk noun (a harsh, discordant combination of sounds)
Finnish
4 entries- dissonanssi noun (conflicting notes that are not overtones of the note or chord sounding)
- epäsopu noun (a state of disagreement or conflict)
- kakofonia noun (a harsh, discordant combination of sounds)
- riita noun (a state of disagreement or conflict)
French
1 entries- dissonance noun (conflicting notes that are not overtones of the note or chord sounding)
German
1 entries- Dissonanz noun (a harsh, discordant combination of sounds)
Greek
4 entries- ασυμφωνία noun (a harsh, discordant combination of sounds)
- ασυμφωνία noun (conflicting notes that are not overtones of the note or chord sounding)
- ασυμφωνία noun (a state of disagreement or conflict)
- παραφωνία noun (conflicting notes that are not overtones of the note or chord sounding)
Hebrew
2 entries- צְרִימָה noun (a harsh, discordant combination of sounds)
- צְרִימָה noun (conflicting notes that are not overtones of the note or chord sounding)
Hungarian
1 entries- disszonancia noun (conflicting notes that are not overtones of the note or chord sounding)
Japanese
1 entries- 不一致 noun (a state of disagreement or conflict)
Polish
2 entries- dysharmonia noun (conflicting notes that are not overtones of the note or chord sounding)
- dysonans noun (a harsh, discordant combination of sounds)
Romanian
2 entries- cacofonie noun (a harsh, discordant combination of sounds)
- disonanță noun (conflicting notes that are not overtones of the note or chord sounding)
Russian
2 entries- диссонанс noun (a harsh, discordant combination of sounds)
- диссонанс noun (a state of disagreement or conflict)
Tagalog
2 entries- dilingaw noun (a harsh, discordant combination of sounds)
- dilingaw noun (conflicting notes that are not overtones of the note or chord sounding)
Ukrainian
4 entries- дисгармо́нія noun (conflicting notes that are not overtones of the note or chord sounding)
- дисона́нс noun (a harsh, discordant combination of sounds)
- дисона́нс noun (conflicting notes that are not overtones of the note or chord sounding)
- дисона́нс noun (a state of disagreement or conflict)
Urdu
1 entries- نا آہنگی noun (a state of disagreement or conflict)
Welsh
2 entries- anghyseinedd noun (a harsh, discordant combination of sounds)
- anghytgord noun (a harsh, discordant combination of sounds)
Sample sentences
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This piece makes heavy use of dissonance and syncopation.
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The dissonance in this piece has caused many critics to label it a "wrong note sonata".
Source: tatoeba (6020426)
"Frank, I think humans are not central in this universe; therefore, God would not be human-like." "Don, your scientific and religious notions have no dissonance, then."
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