Discord
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| + | "There are certain effects of [[color|colour]] that give all men [[pleasure]], and others which [[jar]], almost like a musical [[discord]]. A more general development of this sensibility would make possible a new [[abstract art]], an art that should deal with colours as music does with sound." --''[[The Sense of Beauty]]'' (1896) by George Santayana | ||
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| # Lack of agreement among persons, groups, or things. | # Lack of agreement among persons, groups, or things. | ||
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| # A confused or harsh sound or mingling of sounds. | # A confused or harsh sound or mingling of sounds. | ||
| # Music. An inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance. | # Music. An inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance. | ||
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| + | * [[Consonance and dissonance|Dissonance (music)]] | ||
| + | * [[Discordia]], a Roman goddess equivalent to the Greek goddess of strife and discord, ''Eris'' | ||
| + | * [[Apple of Discord]] | ||
| + | * [[Discordianism]] | ||
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"There are certain effects of colour that give all men pleasure, and others which jar, almost like a musical discord. A more general development of this sensibility would make possible a new abstract art, an art that should deal with colours as music does with sound." --The Sense of Beauty (1896) by George Santayana |
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- Lack of agreement among persons, groups, or things.
- Tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension.
- A confused or harsh sound or mingling of sounds.
- Music. An inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance.
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See also
- Dissonance (music)
- Discordia, a Roman goddess equivalent to the Greek goddess of strife and discord, Eris
- Apple of Discord
- Discordianism
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