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disharmony

[ dis-hahr-muh-nee ]

noun

plural disharmonies.
  1. lack of harmony; discord.
  2. something discordant.


disharmony

/ dɪsˈhɑːmənɪ; ˌdɪshɑːˈməʊnɪəs /

noun

  1. lack of accord or harmony
  2. a situation, circumstance, etc, that is inharmonious
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Derived Forms

  • ˌ徱󲹰ˈDzԾdzܲ, adverb
  • disharmonious, adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of disharmony1

First recorded in 1595–1605; dis- 1 + harmony
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She says it's hard to get a divorce because "many of our laws in China are to protect the family. Women often dare not divorce because of family disharmony".

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“I don’t see any disharmony in this life between evangelistic effort on the one hand and benevolent care of people who suffer or who are in need on the other,” he said.

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But he is still concerned by misinformation and, he says, the potential for far-right groups to create disharmony.

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There was the threat of violence, an incumbent president not running for office, and the potential for disharmony inside the party.

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The profit-oriented approach that emerged, which disrupted the Quilting Bee’s price-sharing structure, created “real rifts and disharmony within the community,” Turner explains, over engaging with collectors, art institutions and commercial enterprises.

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