dissonance
nounEtymology
Borrowed from Middle French dissonance, from Latin dissonantia; by surface analysis, dis- + son- + -ance.
- derived from dissonantia
- borrowed from dissonance
Definitions
A harsh, discordant combination of sounds.
Conflicting notes that are not overtones of the note or chord sounding.
A state of disagreement or conflict.
- Cognitive dissonance exists when a person possesses two cognitions, one of which is contradictory to the other
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An instance of that state.
- In this polyphony of images in the unconscious which is beyond and outside historical time, there are complex harmonies but no dissonances: the images do not clash, but that, of course, is an aesthetic judgment and not a scientific one.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at dissonance. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at dissonance. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
6 hops · closes at dissonance
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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