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stridency

noun

The quality of being strident.

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stridence shrillness

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Meanings

nounstridency (countable and uncountable, plural stridencies)

plural stridencies

countableuncountableThe quality of being strident.
In my judgment, this is not the time to amplify disagreement with stridency.
2024, Amy Coney Barrett, concurring in part and concurring in the judgement in Trump v. Anderson, March 2 2024
Synonyms: stridence

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe quality of being strident.

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More synonyms by meaning

nounhaving the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound

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shrillness stridence

Broader

timbre timber quality

Also see

shrillness stridence

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From strident + -cy.

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Translations

French stridence

stridencequality of being strident

Polish piskliwość, przenikliwość

piskliwośćquality of being strident
przenikliwośćquality of being strident

Russian ре́зкость

ре́зкость (rézkostʹ)quality of being strident

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APA

stridency. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stridency

MLA

“stridency.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stridency. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stridency,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stridency.

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