Meaning of INCONSISTENCY
| Pronunciation: | | `inkun'sistunsee
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- [n] the quality of being inconsistent and lacking a harmonious uniformity among things or parts
- [n] the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time
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| | Synonyms: | | incompatibility, mutual exclusiveness, repugnance |
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| | Antonyms: | | consistence, consistency | | |
| | See Also: | | contradictoriness, nonuniformity | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In`con*sist"en*cy\, n.; pl. {Inconsistencies}.
[Cf. F. inconsistance.]
1. The quality or state of being inconsistent; discordance in
respect to sentiment or action; such contrariety between
two things that both can not exist or be true together;
disagreement; incompatibility.
There is a perfect inconsistency between that which
is of debt and that which is of free gift. --South.
2. Absurdity in argument ore narration; incoherence or
irreconcilability in the parts of a statement, argument,
or narration; that which is inconsistent.
If a man would register all his opinions upon love,
politics, religion, and learning, what a bundle of
inconsistencies and contradictions would appear at
last! --Swift.
3. Want of stability or uniformity; unsteadiness;
changeableness; variableness.
Mutability of temper, and inconsistency with
ourselves, is the greatest weakness of human nature.
--Addison.
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