Dissonance is a feeling of confusion or dissatisfaction. When two things are dissonant, they don't match or they don't sound right together.
The music was dissonant because the sound of the violin was not matching the sound of the piano.
The new policy is dissonant with the old policy because it's more open.
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the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience
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a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
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disagreeable sounds
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The chord is slightly dissonant.
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In western music it is equivalent of the 'dissonant'.
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Please excuse the cognitive dissonance.
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The ssychological name is cognitive dissonance.
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In this sense, the concept of dissonance is re interpreted.
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The album was preceded by the album The Dissonance of Discontent.
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The major ninth is somewhat dissonant in sound.
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This is related to the psychological concept of cognitive dissonance.
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But the surreal setting hints at dissonances, disturbing incongruities.
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Mathcore is a rhythmically complex and dissonant style of metalcore.