discordance
noun
dis·cor·dance
di-ˈskȯr-dᵊn(t)s 
1
: lack of agreement or harmony : the state or an instance of being discordant
2
music
: dissonance
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Examples of discordance in a Sentence
there was a real discordance between the tough guys that the actor played in the movies and the softy that he was in real life
the jarring discordance coming from the garage where the band was rehearsing
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Unlike their countrymen in the contemporary tropicalia movement (Gilberto Gil, Os Mutantes), the Minas Gerais musicians favored languid drift and golden melody over genre-busting and discordance, and Lo Borges is as good an album as the moment produced.
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Vulture Editors, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2024
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What a listener hears are syllabic cries and whispers, as well as groans and shrieks, enhanced with further discordance from a varying set of instruments.
—Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2023
Likewise, the relatively short program conducted by Fabien Gabel was a sheer sonic delight, an elegant evening untroubled by complexity, discordance, or anything beyond hints of dark emotions.
—Zachary Lewis, cleveland, 27 Aug. 2023
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Vulture Editors, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2024
The lengthy obituaries detailed my career accomplishments and deep ties to family and friends with the uncanny discordance of an AI bot.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2024
What a listener hears are syllabic cries and whispers, as well as groans and shrieks, enhanced with further discordance from a varying set of instruments.
—Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2023
Likewise, the relatively short program conducted by Fabien Gabel was a sheer sonic delight, an elegant evening untroubled by complexity, discordance, or anything beyond hints of dark emotions.
—Zachary Lewis, cleveland, 27 Aug. 2023
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“Discordance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/discordance. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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