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Meaning of "dissonancy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DISSONANCY

dissonancy  [ˈdɪsənənsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DISSONANCY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dissonancy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DISSONANCY


consonancy
ˈkɒnsənənsɪ
dominancy
ˈdɒmɪnənsɪ
immanency
ˈɪmənənsɪ
impermanency
ɪmˈpɜːmənənsɪ
impertinency
ɪmˈpɜːtɪnənsɪ
incontinency
ɪnˈkɒntɪnənsɪ
lieutenancy
lɛfˈtɛnənsɪ
malignancy
məˈlɪɡnənsɪ
oppugnancy
əˈpʌɡnənsɪ
permanency
ˈpɜːmənənsɪ
pernancy
ˈpɜːnənsɪ
pertinency
ˈpɜːtɪnənsɪ
pregnancy
ˈprɛɡnənsɪ
prevenancy
ˈprevənənsɪ
pseudopregnancy
ˈsjuːdəʊˌprɛɡnənsɪ
regnancy
ˈrɛɡnənsɪ
repugnancy
rɪˈpʌɡnənsɪ
stagnancy
ˈstæɡnənsɪ
tenancy
ˈtɛnənsɪ
undertenancy
ˈʌndəˌtɛnənsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DISSONANCY

dissolubility
dissoluble
dissolubleness
dissolute
dissolutely
dissoluteness
dissolution
dissolutionism
dissolutionist
dissolutive
dissolvability
dissolvable
dissolvableness
dissolve
dissolvent
dissolver
dissolvings
dissonance
dissonant
dissonantly

WORDS THAT END LIKE DISSONANCY

Anancy
assured tenancy
benignancy
concernancy
cotenancy
ectopic pregnancy
false pregnancy
fancy
fixed-term tenancy
life tenancy
nancy
periodic tenancy
phantom pregnancy
poignancy
predominancy
regulated tenancy
secure tenancy
shorthold tenancy
sublieutenancy
subordinancy
subtenancy

Synonyms and antonyms of dissonancy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DISSONANCY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «dissonancy» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of dissonancy

Translation of «dissonancy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DISSONANCY

Find out the translation of dissonancy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dissonancy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dissonancy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

dissonancy
1,325 millions of speakers

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dissonancy
570 millions of speakers

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dissonancy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

dissonancy
380 millions of speakers
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dissonancy
280 millions of speakers

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dissonancy
278 millions of speakers

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dissonancy
270 millions of speakers

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dissonancy
260 millions of speakers

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dissonancy
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dissonancy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

dissonancy
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

dissonancy
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

dissonancy
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dissonancy
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

dissonancy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

dissonancy
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विसंगती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dissonancy
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dissonancy
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dissonancy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

dissonancy
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dissonancy
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

dissonancy
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

dissonancy
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

dissonancy
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

dissonancy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dissonancy

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DISSONANCY»

The term «dissonancy» is used very little and occupies the 157.398 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DISSONANCY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «dissonancy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «dissonancy» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dissonancy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISSONANCY»

Discover the use of dissonancy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dissonancy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Works of Thomas Jackson, D.D. ...
... for so the original word oft- times imports as much as proportion, or an exact measure, by which all proportion or consonancy, all disproportion or dissonancy, may be known or notified : as, if the basis or diapason be sound and good, every  ...
Thomas Jackson, 1844
2
A Revisal of Shakespear's Text: Wherein the Alterations ...
The ancient reading was, Shortens ny made intent. His objection is, that ' there is a dissonar.cy of terms c in the expression, made intent, one implying the * idea of a thing dor,., the other, undone.' But this dissonancy immediately vanishes, whi ...
Benjamin Heath, 1765
3
A Treatise of the Natural Grounds, and Principles of Harmony
Of Cdnsonancy and Dissonancy. COnsonancy and Dissonancy are the Result of the Agreement, mixture or u- niting (or the contrary) of the undulated Motions of the Air or Medium, caused by the Vibrations by which the Sounds of distinct ...
William Holder, Gottfried Keller, 1731
4
A Handbook of Literature for the Flute: A List of Graded ...
... but with accessibility at this grade level; an appropriate work for ensemble recital; harmonies are with mild dissonancy; in the style of piece de concours of the Paris Conservatory. DEVIENNE, Francois (1759-1803) Six Trios, Op. 19, Vol.
James J. Pellerite, 1963
5
Education
Thus, distance coefficients (D2 ) of 14.70 and higher between need-press patterns were interpreted as indicating dissonancy between personal needs and college as perceived by the subjects involved. Based upon the foregoing frame of  ...
6
Magnalia Christi Americana, Or, The Ecclesiastical History ...
In all the examples, there, concerning this matter, either the persons by whom, or the persons on whom, hands were imposed, were extraordinary ofl'icers: and thus the objectors will find as much dissonancy from the scriptural example in their ...
Cotton Mather, Thomas Robbins, Samuel Gardner Drake, 1853
7
The Principles of Medicine: Founded on the Structure and ...
... not arrive at the end for which they are excited; each muscle contracts and relaxes with-' out reference to the contraction and relaxation of other muscles, and the utmost dissonancy in their actions are occasioned. A person with this affection, ...
Samuel Jackson, 1832
8
A General History Of The Science and Practice Of Music: In ...
... particularly excell, having been * the inventors of a certain pipe made of canes glued together, every one of which 4 having a different note of higher and lower, in the manner of organs, made a * pleasing musick by the dissonancy of sounds,  ...
John Hawkins, 1776
9
Three Books of Occult Philosophy
... the whole consent7 falls into dissonancy. Moreover the soul answers to the earth by sense, to the water by imagination, to the air by reason, to the heaven by the intellect.8 and the soul goes out into an harmony of them, according as these  ...
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Donald Tyson, 1993
10
A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Charlotte Charke, youngest ...
I have had the mortification of hearing the characters of Hamlet, Varanes, Othello, and many more capitals, rent in pieces by a figure no higher than two eixpenny loaves, and a dissonancy of voice which conveyed to me a strong idea of a cat in  ...
Charlotte CHARKE, 1826

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Dissonancy [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/dissonancy>. May 2024 ».
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