English Dictionary

dissonance

/ˈdɪsənəns/

noun

A harsh, discordant combination of sounds. / (music) Conflicting notes that are not overtones of the note or chord sounding. / A state of disagreement or conflict.

There was a dissonance between his words and his actions.

意味（1）

A harsh, discordant combination of sounds.

意味（2）

(music) Conflicting notes that are not overtones of the note or chord sounding.

意味（3）

A state of disagreement or conflict.

意味（4）

(countable) An instance of disharmony or disjunction; a clash.

In this polyphony of images in the unconscious which is beyond and outside historical time, there are complex harmonies but no dissonances: the images do not clash, but that, of course, is an aesthetic judgment and not a scientific one.