Added 9 October 2026
dissonance
/ˈdɪsənəns/ noun
Latin root: dissonantia Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about dissonance at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- A conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters.
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The auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience.
modern music is just noise to me
- Disagreeable sounds.
Origin
Borrowed from Middle French dissonance, from Latin dissonantia; by surface analysis, dis- + son- + -ance.
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