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• It also aids in overcoming cognitive dissonance (the cause "must be" worthwhile to have attracted these funds).1989, Marc Galanter, Cults and New Religious Movements: A Report of the American Psychiatric Association, American Psychiatric Publishing…. From the entry cognitive dissonance
• The bright lights and dark dissonance starts to wane.2021, Khushi Sharma, Aashi Toor, Evoking Nostalgia, BooksClub, page 103. From the entry astraphobe
• Then he went off into his own updated, posteverything style, full of explicit dissonance, repetition and strange dynamics.2009 October 6, Ben Ratliff, “Raising Roof and Headstone for Pioneering Pianist”, in New York Times. From the entry posteverything
• Cabell also uses a kind of stylistic dissonance to reinforce his novel's thematic ironies at the sentence level.2008, Susan F. Beegel, “Introduction”, in John Steinbeck, Cup of gold: a life of Sir Henry Morgan, buccaneer, page xx. From the entry archaic
• The awsome dissonance of Psycho works independently even as it instantly evokes Norman Bates's stabbing knife and Marion Crane's helpless scream.2006, Jack Sullivan, “Psycho”, in Hitchcock’s Music, New Haven, Conn.; London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 244. From the entry tchotchke
• Actually, the so-called present "Debussysm" is only a phase of the eternal process between the consonance and dissonance.1953, Victor Seroff, Maurice Ravel, page 117. From the entry Debussysm
• Fan-audiences' Sinophonic dissonance in real life was harmonized and smoothed over in this virtual enclave by the fans' unwavering love for their idol.2015, Ruby Cheung, New Hong Kong Cinema, →ISBN. From the entry Sinophonic
• Much of the research literature has reintroduced classic cognitive dissonance theory to provide theoretical justification for a sequence of behavior change–belief change.2003, Bernard Spilka, The Psychology of Religion, The Guilford Press, →ISBN, page 356. From the entry cognitive dissonance
• The lived body is now understood in terms of what cannot be done (disability), difference from the prepainful life (dissonance), emotional suffering (despondence), and vulnerability (dependence).2016, Michael E. Schatman, Ethical Issues in Chronic Pain Management, page 3. From the entry prepainful
• Dissonance scores can also be applied in situations where no musical score exists, and two examples are given: a xenharmonic piece by Carlos, and a Balinese gamelan performance.2013, William A. Sethares, Tuning, Timbre, Spectrum, Scale, page 189. From the entry xenharmonic

Meaning of dissonance

1. noun A harsh, discordant combination of sounds.
2. noun Conflicting notes that are not overtones of the note or chord sounding.
3. noun A state of disagreement or conflict.

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How do you use dissonance in a sentence?

Dissonance is used as a noun. For example: “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.”

What is a short sentence with dissonance?

“The bright lights and dark dissonance starts to wane.”

What does dissonance mean?

Dissonance means a harsh, discordant combination of sounds.