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dissonance (n.)
early 15c., dissonaunce, "disagreement, discrepancy, incongruity, inconsistency" (between things), from Old French dissonance and directly from Medieval Latin dissonantia, from Latin dissonantem, present participle of dissonare "differ in sound," from dis- "apart" (see dis-) + sonare "to sound, make a noise" (from PIE root *swen- "to sound"). The etymological sense, "inharmonious mixture or combination of sounds," is attested in English from 1590s.
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Definitions of dissonance
Dictionary entries near dissonance
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