Hypertext Webster Gateway: "inconsistency"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Inconsistency \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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

inconsistency
n 1: the relation between propositions that cannot both be true
at the same time [syn: {incompatibility}, {mutual
exclusiveness}, {repugnance}]
2: the quality of being inconsistent and lacking a harmonious
uniformity among things or parts [ant: {consistency}]


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