discordancy
Americannoun
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discordancies
plural
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Etymology
Origin of discordancy
First recorded in 1600–10; discordance + -y 3
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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.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2021
"The idea is to explore romantic loss, with its underlying discordancy and stress," says Wheeldon.
From Time Magazine Archive
Painting is a world of itself; but in scene-painting there is the attempt to deceive; and there is the discordancy never to be got over, between painted scenes and real people.
From The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 by Lamb, Charles
Hence the sad discordancy of so many of the spiritual judgments of human beings; a discordancy which will be brought home to us acutely enough before these lectures end.
From Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature by James, William
A Swiss chalet in Hindostan, or a Japanese bamboo house in England, is simply discordancy in scenic consistency.
From Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America by Ballou, Maturin Murray
“To be sure—our discordancies must always arise from my being in the wrong.”
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
There are other minute discordancies between theory and observation in many astronomical phenomena, which theory is competent to remove.
From Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence by Bassnett, Thomas
In dreams all sorts of absurdities, impossibilities, discordancies, and violation of natural law appear realities, without exciting the least surprise or suspicion.
From Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey by Lloyd, John Uri
Ardt's line: "Sein Vaterland muss grösser sein!" was the watchword and inspiration of all three, and dominated their discordancies.
From Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places by Forbes, Archibald
"To be sure—our discordancies must always arise from my being in the wrong."
From Emma by Austen, Jane
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