Meaning of Discordance | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A state of being discordant; disagreement, inconsistency.
   countable, uncountable
2. Discordance of sounds; dissonance.
   countable, uncountable
3. The presence of a specific genetic trait in only one of a set of clones (or identical twins).
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“There will arise a thousand discordances of opinion.”

“To talk nonsense, or poetry, or the dash between the two, in a tone of profound sincerity, and to enunciate solemn discordances with received opinion so seriously as to convey the impression of a spiritual insight, is the peculiar gift by which monomaniacs, having first persuaded themselves, contrive to influence their neighbours, and through them to make conquest of a good half of the world, for good or for ill.”

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