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   Dis·cord·ance

   /ˌdiˈskôrdəns/

   

   noun

   • 1. lack of agreement or consistency: "the discordance between sales and evidence should be a focus"
   • 2. the quality of sounding harsh and jarring because of a lack of harmony: "fast songs can go through slow phases, and minor keys and discordance may be employed"
   • 3. the occurrence of a trait or disease in only one member of a matched pair of subjects, especially twins: "relatively high rates of discordance among identical twins clearly point to the importance of additional factors"

   Derivatives

   • 1. discordancy noun

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