inconsistencyn.

/ɪnkənˈsɪstənsi/

Etymology: formed as inconsistence n. (after consistency ): see -ency suffix.

The quality, condition, or fact of being inconsistent.

1. Want of consistency or congruity; lack of accordance or harmony (with something, or between things); incompatibility, contrariety, or opposition.

ΘΚΠ

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

1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 481 What an inconsistency is there between the LI and LXIX Epistles?

a1719 J. Addison Evid. Christian Relig. ii. iv An eminent instance of the inconsistency of our Religion with Magic.

1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. iv. vii. 260 That disappointment and distress which their inconsistency with the matters of fact rendered a necessary consequence.

1853 Parl. Deb. 3rd Ser. 127 1169 There [is]..great inconsistency between the speech of the right hon. Gentleman, and that which he propose[s] should be done.

2. Want of agreement or harmony between two things or different parts of the same thing.

ΘΚΠ

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

1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 296 The inconsistency of sealing these two at once.

1721 D. Bellamy tr. P. de Mornay Thoughts on Trinity 28 Which two [Persons], though different, are inseparably united; which nevertheless implies not the least Inconsistency.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. x. 630 The one beauty of the resolution is its inconsistency.

1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues I. 106 Nor is there any inconsistency in wise and good fathers having foolish and worthless sons.

3. With an and plural. Something that is inconsistent; a discrepancy, incongruity.

ΘΚΠ

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

1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. App. xxix If those single lights hither aspire, This strange prodigious inconsistency Groweth still stranger.

1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. b j Affected phrases; which being Philosophically unfolded..will appear to be inconsistencies and contradictions.

1734 G. Berkeley Three Dialogues Hylas & Philonous (rev. ed.) iii, in Treat. Princ. Human Knowl. (new ed.) 298 I know that nothing inconsistent can exist, and that the Existence of Matter implies an Inconsistency.

1833 I. Taylor Fanaticism i. 6 A world of wonderous inconsistencies.

a. Of persons: Want of consistency in thought or action; esp. discrepancy between principles and practice, or between one action and another.

ΘΚΠ

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

1665 J. Glanvill Sciri Tuum: Authors Defense 54 in Scepsis Scientifica If he sayes otherwise elsewhere, 'tis only an argument of the inconsistency of Aristotle.

1745 J. Wesley Answer to Rev. Church 7 I am continually charged with Inconsistency herein.

1791 H. More Estimate Relig. Fashionable World 220 I dare not say this is hypocrisy, but surely it is inconsistency.

1836 H. Smith Tin Trumpet I. 273 Inconsistency—The only thing in which men are consistent.

1874 J. L. Motley Life John of Barneveld I. viii. 349 James had given a new exhibition of his astounding inconsistency.

b. An instance of this; an inconsistent act.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > instance of

inconstancec1386

inconstancy1526

inconsistency1750

vibration1785

1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 14. ⁋1 The many inconsistencies which folly produces, or infirmity suffers in the human mind.

1834 T. B. Macaulay William Pitt in Ess. (1851) 298 The inconsistencies of which Pitt had been guilty.

1862 Fraser's Mag. July 19 Such people talk edifyingly enough of the sins of Church-goers—their ‘inconsistencies’..their worldly gossip.

5. Logic. (See quot. 1864.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical classification > [noun] > apprehending a relation between two concepts > opposition between two judgements

inconsistency1864

1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic vi. 169 This new sort of Opposition or Incompossibility, as it exists between two Judgments which are alike in Quality, either both Affirmatives or both Negatives,..is called Inconsistency.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	inconsistency
释义	inconsistencyn. /ɪnkənˈsɪstənsi/ Etymology: formed as inconsistence n. (after consistency ): see -ency suffix. The quality, condition, or fact of being inconsistent. 1. Want of consistency or congruity; lack of accordance or harmony (with something, or between things); incompatibility, contrariety, or opposition. ΘΚΠ 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 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 481 What an inconsistency is there between the LI and LXIX Epistles? a1719 J. Addison Evid. Christian Relig. ii. iv An eminent instance of the inconsistency of our Religion with Magic. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. iv. vii. 260 That disappointment and distress which their inconsistency with the matters of fact rendered a necessary consequence. 1853 Parl. Deb. 3rd Ser. 127 1169 There [is]..great inconsistency between the speech of the right hon. Gentleman, and that which he propose[s] should be done. 2. Want of agreement or harmony between two things or different parts of the same thing. ΘΚΠ 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 1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 296 The inconsistency of sealing these two at once. 1721 D. Bellamy tr. P. de Mornay Thoughts on Trinity 28 Which two [Persons], though different, are inseparably united; which nevertheless implies not the least Inconsistency. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. x. 630 The one beauty of the resolution is its inconsistency. 1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues I. 106 Nor is there any inconsistency in wise and good fathers having foolish and worthless sons. 3. With an and plural. Something that is inconsistent; a discrepancy, incongruity. ΘΚΠ 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 1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. App. xxix If those single lights hither aspire, This strange prodigious inconsistency Groweth still stranger. 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. b j Affected phrases; which being Philosophically unfolded..will appear to be inconsistencies and contradictions. 1734 G. Berkeley Three Dialogues Hylas & Philonous (rev. ed.) iii, in Treat. Princ. Human Knowl. (new ed.) 298 I know that nothing inconsistent can exist, and that the Existence of Matter implies an Inconsistency. 1833 I. Taylor Fanaticism i. 6 A world of wonderous inconsistencies. 4. a. Of persons: Want of consistency in thought or action; esp. discrepancy between principles and practice, or between one action and another. ΘΚΠ 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 1665 J. Glanvill Sciri Tuum: Authors Defense 54 in Scepsis Scientifica If he sayes otherwise elsewhere, 'tis only an argument of the inconsistency of Aristotle. 1745 J. Wesley Answer to Rev. Church 7 I am continually charged with Inconsistency herein. 1791 H. More Estimate Relig. Fashionable World 220 I dare not say this is hypocrisy, but surely it is inconsistency. 1836 H. Smith Tin Trumpet I. 273 Inconsistency—The only thing in which men are consistent. 1874 J. L. Motley Life John of Barneveld I. viii. 349 James had given a new exhibition of his astounding inconsistency. b. An instance of this; an inconsistent act. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > instance of inconstancec1386 inconstancy1526 inconsistency1750 vibration1785 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 14. ⁋1 The many inconsistencies which folly produces, or infirmity suffers in the human mind. 1834 T. B. Macaulay William Pitt in Ess. (1851) 298 The inconsistencies of which Pitt had been guilty. 1862 Fraser's Mag. July 19 Such people talk edifyingly enough of the sins of Church-goers—their ‘inconsistencies’..their worldly gossip. 5. Logic. (See quot. 1864.) ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical classification > [noun] > apprehending a relation between two concepts > opposition between two judgements inconsistency1864 1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic vi. 169 This new sort of Opposition or Incompossibility, as it exists between two Judgments which are alike in Quality, either both Affirmatives or both Negatives,..is called Inconsistency. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1647
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