dissonance
pronunciation
How to pronounce dissonance in British English:
UK [ˈdɪsənəns]
How to pronounce dissonance in American English:
US [ˈdɪsənəns]
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- Noun:
- a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
- the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience
- disagreeable sounds
Word Origin
- dissonance (n.)
- early 15c., "disagreement," from Middle French dissonance and directly from Late Latin dissonantia, from Latin dissonantem (see dissonant). Figurative use dates from 1875.
Example
- 1. Neural activity predicts attitude change in cognitive dissonance .
- 2. So this is for all dissonance everywhere .
- 3. This illusion can be explained by a dissonance that takes place in the receptive field of the brain .
- 4. Underlying the whole trip , however , is a sharp dissonance between what is expected of mr obama in asia and the very strict domestic limits on what the us president can offer .
- 5. If ethical commitments vary among subsidiaries , these assets will be diluted due to the phenomenon of cognitive dissonance .