| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun Plural | 1. Plural inflection of the noun inconsistency.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun Base (inconsistency) | 1. The relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time.[Wordnet]. 2. The quality of being inconsistent and lacking a harmonious uniformity among things or parts.[Wordnet]. 3. 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.[Websters]. 4. Absurdity in argument ore narration; incoherence or irreconcilability in the parts of a statement, argument, or narration; that which is inconsistent.[Websters]. 5. Want of stability or uniformity; unsteadiness; changeableness; variableness.[Websters]. | |
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Date "INCONSISTENCIES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1641. (references) |
Specialty Definition: inconsistency
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Noun] Such opposition or disagreement as that one proposition infers the negation of the other; such contrariety between things that both cannot subsist together. There is a perfect inconsistency between that which is of debt and that which is of free gift.. | 2: [Noun] Absurdity in argument or narration; argument or narrative where one part destroys the other; self-contradiction.. | 3: [Noun] Incongruity; want of agreement or uniformity; as the inconsistency of a man with himself.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. |
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] (logic) an incompatibility between two propositions that cannot both be true. (references) | 2: [Noun] The state of being inconsistent. (references) | |
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Common Expressions: INCONSISTENCIES
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Alleged inconsistencies in Star Wars | A number of fans and critics have alleged inconsistencies in Star Wars films, or within the fictional Star Wars Expanded Universe. Since the six movies span a period of nearly three decades, some inconsistencies may be caused by changes in technology or filmmaking technique over that time. Others may be a result of creator George Lucas changing his mind or more fully evolving his vision. Some may be explained by the inability to wrap up all possible loose ends within the length of a typical movie run-time. Still others may be simple mistakes that have no explanation other than human error. At the same time, Lucas continues to tinker with the movies themselves, so today's inconsistency may appear on tomorrow's cutting room floor. (references) | ||
| Alleged inconsistencies in the Bible | Further, failure to understand the culture of the peoples of the Bible may also cause certain passages to appear inconsistent to a modern reader, when an ancient reader never would have noticed a problem. Hebrew "slaves" were very different from African "slaves" in the New World, even though the same English word is used for both. Most biblical "slavery" is closer to what we would now call indentured servitude.[http://www.christian-thinktank.com/qnoslave.html], although the Old Testament, as well as passages in the New Testament state that slaves were the property of their owners, assigning values to types of slaves and examples of punishments. (references) | ||
| Smallville's inconsistencies with the comic books | This article describes the inconsistencies with the Superman/Superboy comic books that the American drama action/adventure/sci-fi television series Smallville presents. (references) | ||
| Vorkosigan Saga Inconsistencies | Assuming the kinds of velocities evident from the stories - up to 20% of the speed of light - there is enough energy to do the damage. Since the ship is described as a ore tug, it may be assumed that the ore load did most of the actual damage while the ship portion underwent less catastrophic collisions with the soletta station to produce the debris. (references) | ||
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