| 单词 | dissonance |
| 释义 | dissonance (once / 9120 pages) n Disagreeable sounds can be called dissonance. You know it's dissonance if you have the strong desire to cover your ears with your hands. Racket, noise, dissonance — all can describe sounds that are not pleasant. While some musicians purposely add a little dissonance into their melodies to create an unexpected sound, others, like someone who just started drum lessons, creates dissonance by accident. Dissonance can also be a conflict between people or opinions, like the dissonance you feel when you want to do something but your parents say "no." WORD FAMILYdissonance: dissonances+/dissonant: dissonance, dissonantly USAGE EXAMPLESThis power of belief over evidence is the result of two factors: cognitive dissonance and the backfire effect. Salon(Dec 26, 2016) Her songs are straightforward, driving and melodic, with some lightly surreal storytelling but little of the dissonance of her old band. Salon(Dec 23, 2016) I soon became familiar with this sense of sonic dissonance. Slate(Dec 23, 2016) 1n disagreeable sounds Ant|Hypo|Hyper harmony an agreeable sound property discord, discordance a harsh mixture of sounds disharmony, inharmoniousnessa lack of harmony cacophonyloud confusing disagreeable sounds sound property an attribute of sound 2n the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience Syn|Hyper noise, racket auditory sensation, sound the subjective sensation of hearing something 3n a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper disagreement, dissension accord, agreement harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters disunity lack of unity (usually resulting from dissension) dividea serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility) conflict a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests |
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