[dɪˈskɔːdnt], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- disagreeing or incongruous
(e.g: the operative principle of democracy is a balance of discordant qualities)

- (of sounds) harsh and jarring because of a lack of harmony
(e.g: the singers continued their discordant chanting)

- (of a matched pair of subjects, especially twins) not having the same trait or disease
(e.g: studies with data from discordant twins will be useful to confirm our findings)


Phrases:
- strike a discordant note

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French descordant, present participle of descorder (see discord)