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dissonancy

dissonancy noun: discord.

Noun

dissonancy (countable and uncountable, plural dissonancies)

  1. discord
  2. dissonance

Forms of dissonancy

pluraldissonancies

Origin of dissonancy

From dissonant + -cy or dissonance + -y.

Questions about dissonancy

What does dissonancy mean?
Dissonancy means discord.
What part of speech is dissonancy?
Dissonancy is a noun.
What is the plural of dissonancy?
The plural of dissonancy is dissonancies.

Words near dissonancy in the dictionary

  1. dissolvingly
  2. dissolvings
  3. dissonance
  4. dissonances
  5. dissonancies
  6. dissonancy
  7. dissonant
  8. dissonantly
  9. dissonate
  10. dissonated
  11. dissonates

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