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Definition of mésalliance in English: mésalliancenoun mɛˈzalɪənsˌmeɪzəˈlaɪəns A marriage with a person thought to be unsuitable. the loss of half a million francs only underlined the fact that her son was making a mésalliance Example sentencesExamples - It can only be that the union would be a shocking mésalliance, or surely he would simply propose - what fool would turn down the Ashton fortunes, lands, and looks?
- All three of the sisters' marriages were considered hopeless mésalliances by the husbands' families at the time.
- Without a pedigree authenticated by fellow nobles, true nobility was unthinkable - a problem that could cause acute embarrassment to the recently ennobled or the progeny of mésalliances.
- In like manner, the behavioral divorce from certain psychotherapy concepts (and alliance or mésalliance with others), has taken various forms.
Synonyms discrepancy, lack of congruence, inconsistency, contradiction, incongruity, incongruousness, conflict, discord, irreconcilability, misalliance, mismarriage, bad match
Origin French, from més- 'wrong, misdirected' + alliance (see alliance). Definition of mésalliance in US English: mésalliancenounˌmeɪzəˈlaɪənsˌmāzəˈlīəns A marriage with a person thought to be unsuitable or of a lower social position. the loss of half a million francs only underlined the fact that her son was making a mésalliance Example sentencesExamples - Without a pedigree authenticated by fellow nobles, true nobility was unthinkable - a problem that could cause acute embarrassment to the recently ennobled or the progeny of mésalliances.
- In like manner, the behavioral divorce from certain psychotherapy concepts (and alliance or mésalliance with others), has taken various forms.
- All three of the sisters' marriages were considered hopeless mésalliances by the husbands' families at the time.
- It can only be that the union would be a shocking mésalliance, or surely he would simply propose - what fool would turn down the Ashton fortunes, lands, and looks?
Synonyms discrepancy, lack of congruence, inconsistency, contradiction, incongruity, incongruousness, conflict, discord, irreconcilability, misalliance, mismarriage, bad match
Origin French, from més- ‘wrong, misdirected’ + alliance (see alliance). |