as in discordance
a lack of agreement or harmony
the discordancy between the film's flamboyant cinematography and its otherwise somber mood
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Recent Examples of discordancy
The discordancy is so intriguing — like learning that Katharine Graham went to nude encounter sessions at Esalen, or Alan Greenspan was once in a Lynyrd Skynyrd cover band.
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New York Times, 17 Nov. 2021
New York Times, 17 Nov. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for discordancy
Noun
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The sport of off-roading suffers from a fundamental discordance: The desire to get out into nature and the irreparable harm inherent in the process of off-roading.—
Tim Stevens,
ArsTechnica,
25 July 2025
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Many of the tunes including sprawling intros and jam sessions, all melded together with discordance, reverb and instrumental solos.—
Audrey Gibbs,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
Noun
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Disboard lists many public discord servers and many young coders use the site, contributing a different demographic of coders.—
Stephen Cass,
IEEE Spectrum,
23 Sep. 2025
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But warning signs of discord between networks and affiliates had been flashing for years.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
20 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The passage of the ACA in 2010 and its implementation have only intensified this friction.—
Simon F. Haeder,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
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Armenian prisoners of war in Azerbaijan remain a point of friction and the rhetoric over the corridor has not died down.—
Michele Crestani,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Tensions arise when a struggling, idealistic poet meets his girlfriend’s family at their idyllic, hillside countryside home in Hong Sang-soo’s latest feature — a quietly profound meditation on the complexities of filial love and familial strife.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
30 Sep. 2025
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The singer has been compared to the late Amy Winehouse, in part because both are British and have deep, soulful voices that sing about personal strife and conflict.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Robert also produced the film, which followed a group of Southern whiskey runners getting into chases and conflicts with federal agents.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
4 Oct. 2025
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Netanyahu has come under increasing pressure from the international community and Trump to end the conflict.—
Jessica Coacci,
Fortune,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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To end the war and reunite the remaining hostages with their mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters.—
Romina Ruiz-Goiriena,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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Broadening the menu with less expensive options is also a way for chain restaurants to fight back against fast food chains, which are currently embroiled in a war amongst themselves, according to Maeve Webster, president of consulting firm Menu Matters.—
Jordan Valinsky,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Signs of a minor schism emerged at Sunderland last week, when Emery was critical of deadline-day acquisition Harvey Elliott.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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This brings us to the differences between the characters, which point to pivotal schisms between Anderson and Pynchon as storytellers.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
26 Sep. 2025
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The child has an extraordinary story that takes us straight into the changes reconfiguring Indian Country as a period of warfare rolled into the twentieth century.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
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For years, Netanyahu’s approach to warfare was characterized by brief and contained conflicts, especially in Gaza.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Discordancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discordancy. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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