in|con|sist|en|cy

in|con|sist|en|cy
in|con|sist|en|cy «IHN kuhn SIHS tuhn see», noun, plural -cies.
1. lack of agreement or harmony; variance: »

There was a great inconsistency between what he said he would do and what he actually did.

2. failure to keep to the same principles or habits; changeableness: »

He was accused of inconsistency in upholding what he had previously condemned. Inconsistency—the only thing in which men are consistent (Horace Smith).

3. a thing or act that is inconsistent: »

Nor is there any inconsistency in wise and good fathers having foolish…sons (Benjamin Jowett). Like the British Constitution, she owes her success in practice to her inconsistencies in principle (Thomas Hardy).

 SYNONYM(S): discrepancy, incongruity.

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