as in discord
a lack of agreement or harmony
a period of disharmony between the two groups
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Recent Examples of disharmony
In tarot, the Seven of Swords often represents deception, betrayal or someone acting in secrecy, while The Lovers reversed can point to disharmony, conflict in relationships or choices made for the wrong reasons.
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Valerie Mesa, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
The tour reunites brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher after years of disharmony and has led to some speculation about whether there will be more from the band after the concerts.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2025
Ferran is just as compelling when such vibrancy and vitality gives way to dejection and disharmony as her aspiring writing career grinds to a halt and her health starts to deteriorate.
—Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 2 May 2025
But the real risks of Russian anger and alliance disharmony do not obviate the need for the deployments.
—Elbridge Colby, Foreign Affairs, 13 Aug. 2015
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Valerie Mesa, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
The tour reunites brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher after years of disharmony and has led to some speculation about whether there will be more from the band after the concerts.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2025
Ferran is just as compelling when such vibrancy and vitality gives way to dejection and disharmony as her aspiring writing career grinds to a halt and her health starts to deteriorate.
—Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 2 May 2025
But the real risks of Russian anger and alliance disharmony do not obviate the need for the deployments.
—Elbridge Colby, Foreign Affairs, 13 Aug. 2015
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disharmony
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Trustees ‘feel their powers have been reduced’ At the center of the current discord, according to a source, is the fact that Tata Sons is supposed to receive prior approval from Tata Trusts for any major financial investments.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
10 Oct. 2025
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To what was such a spasmodic discord owed?—
Julio Cortázar,
Literary Hub,
6 Oct. 2025
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The hope for gold-producing nations like Ghana is to responsibly leverage this bountiful natural resource without falling prey to environmental degradation and civil strife.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
15 Oct. 2025
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Over the course of an hour-long interview, the two spoke about the state of the world and how to stay optimistic amid political strife and chaos.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
13 Oct. 2025
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Several of her cabinet picks have close ties to Taiwan, risking friction with Beijing, Japan’s top trading partner.—
Hanako Montgomery,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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A lot of that deliberate friction comes from the characterization of Linda herself, who compulsively makes her problems everyone else’s.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
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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
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If the peace holds, the region could enter a new era defined less by conflict than by the possibility of transformation, including the rebuilding of a post-Hamas Gaza and the normalization of Israeli relations with Saudi Arabia.—
Eric Cortellessa,
Time,
11 Oct. 2025
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Both led their people through seemingly impossible conflicts with grace and the ethos of nonviolence.—
Janine Di Giovanni,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Oct. 2025
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In her autobiography, Mabel Dodge laid the blame for her schism with Stein firmly on one person.—
Via Scribner,
Literary Hub,
7 Oct. 2025
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The Chiles case shines a spotlight on a growing schism in the LGBT base between gender-critical gays and their transgender counterparts.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Oct. 2025
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From migrants and colonizers to gossip and war, Emily Wilson examines The Aeneid and its relevance to the modern world.—
tumblr.com,
tumblr.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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But our flights had been canceled amid rocket fire and regional escalation, fallout from Israel’s latest offensive in Gaza and its war with Iran.—
Reem Kassis,
The Atlantic,
11 Oct. 2025
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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.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
17 Nov. 2021
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“Disharmony.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disharmony. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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