dissonance
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For Iran’s fans in America, the whole adventure has been one long exercise in historical dissonance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
He is a core part of their identity, which means they will change their beliefs and twist reality to justify his behavior and resolve the cognitive dissonance.
From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2026
As if this wasn’t ominous enough, the latest BofA Securities fund-manager’s survey shows that Wall Street is, once again, experiencing severe cognitive dissonance: It is simultaneously worried about the market, but afraid to sell.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 14, 2026
There might be a small touch of some discomfort or dissonance or awkwardness or absurdity or something.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
That’s in part because it can be so hard to even see the points of conflict or dissonance.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
The word-painting in these arresting madrigal-style pieces, heightened by Gesualdo’s characteristic dissonances, is starkly immediate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2025
In “Der Doppelgänger” — one of Schubert’s most terrifying songs — she sustained dissonances, letting their uneasiness warp and linger under Padmore’s stark melody.
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2022
Q: I love the beauty of the dissonances in the Carl Ruggles piece you’ve selected.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 6, 2022
Everything about it, from the spare, enveloping details of Grant Major’s production design to the nerve-shredding dissonances of Jonny Greenwood’s score, directs our focus inward.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2022
Or is there a kind of cosmic fugue, with themes and counterpoints, dissonances and harmonies, a billion different voices playing the life music of the Galaxy?
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing dissonance
Common Senses: Son ("Sound")
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