apartness

noun

Definition of apartnessnext
as in dissonance

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Recent Examples of apartness Chatten’s narrators are stuck in a perpetual apartness—desperate for safety and connection, but repeatedly failing to find it. — Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026 As Christian Science shows, the answer to healing apartness is in becoming more conscious of God’s infinite goodness that is naturally shared by everyone. — Curtis Wahlberg, Christian Science Monitor, 24 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for apartness
  1. dissonance
  2. discord
  3. conflict
  4. division
  5. strife
  6. clash
Noun
  • Composers devised elaborate systems for writing music that ventured deep into dissonance, away from the rules of tonality that had governed it for centuries.
    — Andy Cush, Pitchfork, 31 Oct. 2026
  • Thenew album finds Hot Chip confronting an increasingly bleak world with a sound that embraces distortion, decay and dissonance without abandoning the communal pleasures at the heart of the band’s music.
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of dissonance
Noun
  • A throw toward the center and then, at times, a lateral backwards to create discord among the secondaries and then race downfield.
    — Ethan Hanson, Daily News, 4 Nov. 2026
  • To use isolated instances of interpersonal discord as a pretext to strip 18 distinct counties of their democratic home rule is a severe structural overreaction.
    — Eric Wargotz, Baltimore Sun, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of discord
Noun
  • Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has also warned that Iran would retaliate if Washington reignited the conflict.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Its cost was recovered after just one month of conflict, according to people familiar with the matter.
    — Amena Bakr, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of conflict
Noun
  • Some employees in Amazon's entertainment division were told that company leadership had mandated the film's release.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Nov. 2026
  • At the time, the company said Fauna would become part of a new division dubbed the Personal Robotics Group.
    — Annie Palmer, CNBC, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of division
Noun
  • Concerns about security and safety due to political strife have caused many Americans to think about second residency.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 29 Oct. 2026
  • But in the last year and half, the national economic strife has plagued his store.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of strife
Noun
  • Ahead of Leo’s arrival in Argentina, the first by a pope in nearly 40 years, Milei’s officials had dismissed the prospect of a political clash.
    — Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2026
  • That has to leave a bad taste in their mouth entering this week’s clash.
    — Scott Chasen, Kansas City Star, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of clash

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