Meanings
noundisharmony (countable and uncountable, plural disharmonies)
plural disharmonies
- countableuncountableThe absence of harmony or concordance.
It was then that they adopted the theory of an inevitable disharmony between the demands of Reason and the empirical world.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume I: The Founders, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: powstanie (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 921 more example
Critics suggest that Fernández, an unashamed populist and nationalist, is seeking to deflect attention from social disharmony at home.
2013 January 3, Luke Harding, Uki Goni, The Guardian
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Origin
- Latindis-
- Old Frenchdes-
- Latindis-
- Middle Englishdis-
- Englishdis-
- Englishharmony
- Englishdisharmony
Translations
Bulgarian разногла́сие, дисхармо́ния
- разногла́сие (raznoglásie)the absence of harmony
- дисхармо́ния (disharmónija)the absence of harmony
Catalan desharmonia, dissonància
- desharmoniathe absence of harmony
- dissonànciathe absence of harmony
Esperanto malharmonio, disharmonio
- malharmoniothe absence of harmony
- disharmoniothe absence of harmony
Finnish epäsopu, epäsointu
- epäsoputhe absence of harmony
- epäsointuthe absence of harmony
- disharmoniathe absence of harmony
French dysharmonie, désharmonie
- dysharmoniethe absence of harmony
- désharmoniethe absence of harmony
- désaccordthe absence of harmony
German Disharmonie
- Disharmoniethe absence of harmony
Greek δυσαρμονία
- δυσαρμονία (dysarmonía)the absence of harmony
Hebrew דיסהרמוניה, חוסר התאמה
- דיסהרמוניהthe absence of harmony
- חוסר התאמהthe absence of harmony
- צרימהthe absence of harmony
Polish dysharmonia
- dysharmoniathe absence of harmony
Portuguese desarmonia
- desarmoniathe absence of harmony
Romanian dezacord, discordanță
- dezacordthe absence of harmony
- discordanțăthe absence of harmony
- dezarmoniethe absence of harmony
Russian дисгармо́ния, разногла́сие
- дисгармо́ния (disgarmónija)the absence of harmony
- разногла́сие (raznoglásije)the absence of harmony
Spanish disarmonía, desarmonía
- disarmoníathe absence of harmony
- desarmoníathe absence of harmony
Swedish disharmoni, missljud
- disharmonithe absence of harmony
- missljudthe absence of harmony
- oenighetthe absence of harmony
- gnisselthe absence of harmony
Ukrainian дисгармо́нія
- дисгармо́нія (dysharmónija)the absence of harmony
Welsh anghytgord
- anghytgordthe absence of harmony
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APA
disharmony. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disharmony
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“disharmony.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disharmony. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
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