inconsistencen.
/ɪnkənˈsɪstəns/ Now rare or Obsolete.
1. Want of agreement or harmony (with something, or between things); = inconsistency n. 1.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [noun]
discordance1340
variancec1374
discorda1387
disconvenience?a1425
unsuingc1425
disaccordancec1436
unaccordancec1449
inconveniencec1460
discrepancea1464
difformness1547
disagreeance1548
disagreeing1548
jar1548
disagreement1551
disagreeableness1570
dissonancy1584
discordancy1587
discoherencea1600
disconveniency1601
disharmonya1602
dissent1603
dissonancea1604
incongruency1604
incongruence1610
incongruity1612
discongruity1624
inconformity1625
discorrespondencya1641
inconsonancy1650
inconsistence1651
dissidy1657
unagreeableness1658
discomposure1659
disconsonancy1659
uncorrespondency1659
inconveniency1662
unconsonancy1665
incorrespondence1667
oddness1680
inconsistency1699
incongruousness1727
irreconcilementa1737
discrepancy1748
incoincidence?1798
inaccordance1808
inconsonance1811
inaccordancy1817
incorrespondency1817
cacophony1831
divergence1837
disaccord1871
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan Concl. 390 There is..no such Inconsistence of Humane Nature, with Civill Duties, as some think.
1661 A. Marvell Let. 26 Mar. in Poems & Lett. (1971) I. 21 I did not at all see what inconsistence there could be betwixt Colonell Gilbyes intrest & mine.
1712 G. Berkeley Passive Obed. §51. 64 The inconsistence of such a State with that manner of Life which humane Nature requires.
1764 T. Harmer Observ. Passages Script. x. ii. 65 Some seeming inconsistence betwixt this and the preceding observation.
2. Want of agreement between the parts of a thing; = inconsistency n. 2.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [noun] > inconsistency or contradiction
repugnancec1443
contrariety1483
repugnancya1500
inconstance1529
contrariosity1540
inconstancy1565
contradictiona1571
disconformity1572
inconsistence1643
inconsistentness1647
inconsistibility1650
inconsistency1651
1643 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce 25 What may we doe then to salve this seeming inconsistence?
1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. ii. vii. 260 Any Inconsistence in its several Parts.
a1797 H. Walpole Mem. George II (1847) I. x. 319 [There was] no deviation, no inconsistence in his narrative.
3. Inconsistent action or conduct; = inconsistency n. 4.
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the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun]
unsteadfastnessa1300
falsenessc1330
unstablenessc1380
varyingc1380
inconstancec1386
variance1390
geriness1412
instabilityc1422
changeability?a1425
mutabilitya1425
changec1425
changeableness1447
unconstancec1449
unstabilitya1470
mutableness1481
unsureness1481
instableness1483
variation1509
inconstancy1526
shittleness1530
fickleness1548
unconstancy1548
unconstantness1551
inconstantness?a1562
pliableness1562
fast and loose1575
volubility1603
levity1604
unconstability1611
flexibleness1623
vagrancy1642
self-inconsistency1655
inconsistency1665
flittingnessa1680
easiness1705
inconsistence1713
versatility1755
contrariety1762
vibration1785
changefulness1791
girouettism1825
pirouettism1839
weathercockism1843
pirouettiveness1844
volatileness1849
unfixity1856
ficklety1888
1713 R. Bentley Remarks Disc. Free-thinking I. i. 9 These very Men..are honour'd in other parts of his Book, and recommended as Free-thinkers. What Inconsistence is this, what Contradiction?
1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxvii. 91 Well, you may be gone from my Presence, thou strange Medley of Inconsistence.
1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. xviii. 122 Mr. Grenville was, of all men, the person, who should not have complained of inconsistence with regard to Mr. Wilkes.
1897 Westm. Gaz. 16 Feb. 3/2 Let them ignore the consistence or the inconsistence of the occupants of the two front benches.
4. With an and plural. An instance of inconsistence; an inconsistency.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [noun] > inconsistency or contradiction > an instance of being inconsistent
discrepancy1583
contradiction1608
inconsistency1647
inconsistent1652
inconsistence1655
counter-example1809
disconnect1982
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iii. 96 Else these inconsistences will not be reconciled.
1754 J. Edwards Careful Enq. Freedom of Will ii. iv. 51 Nor will it help, in the least, it's Absurdities and Inconsistences.
1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. V. ix. iii. iii. 62 English jurisprudence, will be found variegated by inconsistences.
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