dissonance
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈdɪsənəns/ / /ˈdɪsənɪns/
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French dissonance, from Latin dissonantia; by surface analysis, dis- + son- + -ance.
- A harsh, discordant combination of sounds.
- Conflicting notes that are not overtones of the note or chord sounding.
- A state of disagreement or conflict.
“Cognitive dissonance exists when a person possesses two cognitions, one of which is contradictory to the other”
- An instance of that state.
“In this polyphony of images in the unconscious which is beyond and outside historical time, there are complex harmonies but no dissonances: the images do not clash, but that, of course, is an aesthetic judgment and not a scientific one.”