Added 9 October 2026
discordance
noun
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). More about discordance at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- A state of being discordant; disagreement, inconsistency.
- Discordance of sounds; dissonance.
- The presence of a specific genetic trait in only one of a set of clones (or identical twins).
Origin
From Middle French discordance. By surface analysis, discord + -ance.
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