as in discords
a lack of agreement or harmony the dissonance between what we are told and what we see with our own eyes
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Recent Examples of dissonances Through all these inconsistencies, absences, dissonances, and contradictions, an overarching coherence emerges. —
Richard Brody, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2025 From Zehetmair’s searching dissonances, the SPCO moved into Brahms’ Double Concerto, performed by concertmaster Steven Copes and principal cello Julie Albers. —Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 13 Sep. 2025 Although the relocation of a very Nordic communitarian milieu to a British setting creates its own cultural dissonances, the end result is a nifty ethical puzzle about balancing the needs of individuals versus those of the community. —Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
Richard Brody, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2025 From Zehetmair’s searching dissonances, the SPCO moved into Brahms’ Double Concerto, performed by concertmaster Steven Copes and principal cello Julie Albers. —Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 13 Sep. 2025 Although the relocation of a very Nordic communitarian milieu to a British setting creates its own cultural dissonances, the end result is a nifty ethical puzzle about balancing the needs of individuals versus those of the community. —Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissonances
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Your dedicated Slack channels, private discords and endless Reddit threads.— April Uchitel, Flow Space, 6 Aug. 2025
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In every case, physical science, which is based on the evidence reported by these limited and limiting senses, eventually leaves us stranded with the conviction that sickness, accidents, and disasters – discords of every description, regardless of the apparent cause – are real and inevitable.— Lisa Rennie Sytsma, Christian Science Monitor, 20 June 2025
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From there, the film unfolds through a series of episodes shaped by displacement, awkward encounters and the frictions of contemporary Germany.— Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
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Across this soppy set of songs, the sum of these frictions is cyborgish and spectral, music from a MacBook whose dying wish was to see the world.— Samuel Hyland, Pitchfork, 15 Apr. 2026
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Since one of the metaphorical aspects of the script concerns how swiftly conflicts can flare up from small disagreements into major knock-down-drag-out fights, showing the violence and bared-teeth snarling is appropriate, a lighter touch could work, too.— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026
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Determined to rise to the occasion and work out every possible kink, Daisy sets out to resolve conflicts between the stews and in the galley.— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2026
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Given the schisms, some in the GOP believe only a single party-line bill may end up passing before November.— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 9 Apr. 2026
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But over the past decade or so, major schisms have emerged.— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2026
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Now the edge is getting pushed yet again, as the culture transitions from the memeification of one man’s death to delighting in the real-time memes of wars.— Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2026
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Plenty of others haven’t engaged with the book at all, instead using its premise — and ironically, Hathaway’s role as a female producer on the film — as fodder for the ever-raging American culture wars.— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 28 Apr. 2026
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“Dissonances.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/dissonances. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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