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countable and uncountable, plural dissonances
A harsh, discordant combination of sounds. examples
(music) Conflicting notes that are not overtones of the note or chord sounding. examples
A state of disagreement or conflict. examples
(countable) An instance of disharmony or disjunction; a clash. quotations examples
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.
1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 106