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dissonance

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dissonance in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
    disagreement  dissension  dissonance 
  2. disagreeable sounds
    dissonance 
  3. the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience
    "modern music is just noise to me"
    noise  dissonance  racket 
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