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disharmony

American  
[dis-hahr-muh-nee] / dɪsˈhɑr mə ni /

noun

  • disharmonies
    plural
  1. lack of harmony; discord.

  2. something discordant.


disharmony British  
/ dɪsˈhɑːmənɪ, ˌdɪshɑːˈməʊnɪəs /

noun

  1. lack of accord or harmony

  2. a situation, circumstance, etc, that is inharmonious

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Origin of disharmony

First recorded in 1595–1605; dis- 1 + harmony

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Paris Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique dismissed any suggestions of dressing room disharmony as the reigning European champions prepared to put their continental title on the line this midweek against domestic rivals Monaco.

From Barron's Feb. 16, 2026

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Long before Nancy's arrival, the club was riven with disharmony.

From BBC Dec. 11, 2025

“And if anything, calling attention to the manner of disagreement between disagreeing opinions — which is apparent from reading them — serves to needlessly ‘amplify’ any disharmony on the court,” Rubin continued.

From Salon Mar. 5, 2024

But then the girls settled into a sweet disharmony that brought tears to Theresa’s eyes.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

Eerily floating string disharmonies were cut off by jarring percussion and brass outbursts; inquisitive wind motifs were answered with stark silences.

From New York Times Apr. 11, 2011

The oldest American negotiation, the endless business between black and white, may be subverted more than we know by disharmonies of expectation and assumption.

From Time Magazine Archive

Before all things, it is necessary to try to amend the evolution of human life, that is to say, to transform its disharmonies into harmonies.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science by Sir John Alexander Hammerton

Their harmonies and disharmonies, their fusing and blending, is not controlled by any outer necessity, but by the inner agreement and disagreement of our free impulses.

From The Photoplay A Psychological Study by Hugo Münsterberg

III.—Science the Only Remedy for Human Disharmonies In religion and in philosophy throughout their whole history we find attempts to combat the ills arising from the disharmonies of the human constitution.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science by Sir John Alexander Hammerton

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