INCONSISTENCY: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for INCONSISTENCY?

Need another word that means the same as “inconsistency”? Find 26 synonyms and 30 related words for “inconsistency” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Inconsistency” are: incompatibility, repugnance, unpredictability, inconstancy, lack of consistency, changeableness, variability, instability, irregularity, unevenness, unsteadiness, conflict, difference, dissimilarity, lack of similarity, disagreement, lack of accord, opposition, clash, lack of congruence, incongruity, lack of harmony, mismatch, discordance, disparity, discrepancy

Inconsistency as a Noun

Definitions of "Inconsistency" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “inconsistency” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• The relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time.
• The quality of being inconsistent and lacking a harmonious uniformity among things or parts.
• The fact or state of being inconsistent.
• An inconsistent aspect or element.

Synonyms of "Inconsistency" as a noun (26 Words)

changeableness	The quality of being changeable; having a marked tendency to change. The changeableness of the weather.
clash	A state of conflict between persons. It is hoped that clashes of dates will be avoided.
conflict	A state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests. Bewildered by her own inner conflict she could only stand there feeling vulnerable.
difference	A point or way in which people or things are dissimilar. The insurance company will pay the difference.
disagreement	A conflict of people’s opinions or actions or characters. There was some disagreement about the details.
discordance	The quality of sounding harsh and jarring because of a lack of harmony. Relatively high rates of discordance among identical twins clearly point to the importance of additional factors.
discrepancy	A difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions. There s a discrepancy between your account and his.
disparity	Inequality or difference in some respect. The arrangements could lead to disparity of treatment between companies.
dissimilarity	Difference; variance. The similarity or dissimilarity between humans and other animals.
incompatibility	The degree to which the body’s immune system will try to reject foreign material (as transfused blood or transplanted tissue. The incompatibility between industry and nature.
incongruity	The quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate. The incongruity of his fleshy face and skinny body disturbed her.
inconstancy	Unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous.
instability	The state of being unstable; lack of stability. She showed increasing signs of mental instability.
irregularity	Not characterized by a fixed principle or rate; at irregular intervals. The irregularity of his breathing.
lack of accord	The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.
lack of congruence	The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.
lack of consistency	The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.
lack of harmony	The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.
lack of similarity	The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.
mismatch	An unequal or unfair sporting contest. A huge mismatch between supply and demand.
opposition	The principal parliamentary party opposed to that in office. Despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead.
repugnance	Intense aversion. Our repugnance at the bleeding carcasses.
unevenness	The quality of being unbalanced.
unpredictability	The trait of being unpredictably irresolute. The unpredictability of the British weather.
unsteadiness	The quality of not being steady or securely fixed in place.
variability	The quality of being subject to variation. A great deal of variability in quality.

Usage Examples of "Inconsistency" as a noun

• A book riddled with inconsistencies and contradictions.
• The inconsistency between his expressed attitudes and his actual behaviour.

Associations of "Inconsistency" (30 Words)

ambiguity	Unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning. We can detect no ambiguity in this section of the Act.
ambivalence	The state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone. Government ambivalence towards the arts.
anachronism	An artifact that belongs to another time. The town is a throwback to medieval times an anachronism that has survived the passing years.
antinomy	A contradiction between two beliefs or conclusions that are in themselves reasonable; a paradox. There are not many short novels capable of accommodating bewildering antinomies.
conflicting	In disagreement. Conflicting opinions.
contradiction	A statement that is necessarily false. The proposed new system suffers from a set of internal contradictions.
contradictory	A contradictory proposition. Perfect and imperfect are contradictory terms.
disagreement	Lack of consistency or correspondence. Disagreements between parents and adolescents.
discord	Lack of agreement or harmony. The discord between indigenous and Western cultures.
discordant	Not in agreement or harmony. Views discordant with present day ideas.
discrepancy	A difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions. There s a discrepancy between your account and his.
discrepant	Not compatible with other facts. The reasons for these discrepant results are unclear.
dissonant	Lacking in harmony. Jackson employs both harmonious and dissonant colour choices.
incompatibility	The degree to which the body’s immune system will try to reject foreign material (as transfused blood or transplanted tissue. Genetic incompatibility.
incompatible	Used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other’s effect. All four prototype camcorders used special tapes and were incompatible with each other.
incongruous	Lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness. A plan incongruous with reason.
inconsistent	Displaying a lack of consistency. He had done nothing inconsistent with his morality.
inharmonious	Not forming or contributing to a pleasing whole; discordant. An inharmonious or incongruous mixture of architectural styles.
irony	A trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs. The irony is that I thought he could help me.
misleading	Giving the wrong idea or impression. Statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading.
omission	A failure to fulfil a moral or legal obligation. She searched the table for omissions.
opposing	In conflict or competition with someone or something. The opposing team.
oxymoron	Conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence.
paradox	A statement or proposition which, despite sound (or apparently sound) reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems logically unacceptable or self-contradictory. Cathedrals face the paradox of having enormous wealth in treasures but huge annual expenses.
paradoxical	Seemingly absurd or self-contradictory. It is paradoxical that standing is more tiring than walking.
repugnance	Intense aversion. Our repugnance at the bleeding carcasses.
repulsion	The act of repulsing or repelling an attack; a successful defensive stand. People talk about the case with a mixture of fascination and repulsion.
sarcasm	The use of irony to mock or convey contempt. He used sarcasm to upset his opponent.
throwback	An organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism. A lot of his work is a throwback to the fifties.
unsuited	Not easy to combine harmoniously. He was totally unsuited for the job.