inconsistencies

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inconsistencies - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Inconsistency \In`con*sist"en*cy\, n.; pl. Inconsistencies.
     [Cf. F. inconsistance.]
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     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.
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              There is a perfect inconsistency between that which
              is of debt and that which is of free gift. --South.
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     2. Absurdity in argument ore narration; incoherence or
        irreconcilability in the parts of a statement, argument,
        or narration; that which is inconsistent.
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              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.
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     3. Lack of stability or uniformity; unsteadiness;
        changeableness; variableness.
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              Mutability of temper, and inconsistency with
              ourselves, is the greatest weakness of human nature.
                                                    --Addison.
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