stridency
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8.5
- noun
- /ˈstraɪdənsi/
:
estridencia
- The stridency of the siren startled everyone in the quiet neighborhood.
- increased stridency
Don't know I'd say a stridency about it then then I'm I'm comfortable with, I mean, this trip.
- Don't know I'd say a stridency about it then then I'm I'm comfortable with, I mean, this trip.
Examples
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Further, in spite of its continued criticism of Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian, China has curbed its stridency on the Taiwan issue and, in so doing, improved its relations with most of its immediate neighbors.
Academic text (2006) -
There is no room within that purpose for the cynicism and stridency of political debate.
Blog text (28) -
From those who have always opposed the emphasis on trade and markets, there is increased stridency in the streets and at the meetings.
Academic text (2001) -
In recent times, a stridency has developed because of the increasing lack of civic values exhibited by young and old alike.
Academic text (1993) -
The increasing stridency of these condemnations tracked the growth of Spiritualism itself.
Academic text (2018) -
The stridency of a campaign just doesn't play well with a lady's projection of herself.
Blog text (11) -
I'm referring to the increasing stridency in the discourse about nation and nationalism in South Asia, India in particular.
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In some places over the past thirty years, globalization and European integration have, to a degree, diminished the stridency of some national narratives.
Academic text (2001) -
Not surprisingly, the angry slogans displayed matched the stridency and radical alienation of previous slogans used by the New Left during the Vietnam War era.
Academic text (2002) -
The appropriateness of the discrepancy method of determining SLD eligibility is criticized with increasing stridency by persons associated with the federally funded reading disability research centers (Lyon, 1996).
Academic text (2000)
Synonyms
14
8.4
A loud, unpleasant mix of different sounds
4
7.1
A harsh, grating sound often heard in a voice
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7.7
A harsh or unpleasant combination of sounds often in music
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5.6
A high, sharp sound from a voice or alarm that hurts your ears
A loud, rough, high sound that hurts your ears
A long, very high sound that hurts the ears
A rough, harsh sound in a person's voice, often after a cold
Antonyms
How Harsh
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word stridency comes from the Latin stridere, which means 'to make a harsh noise', and you can see the same root in the common English word strident, meaning loud and harsh. So, stridency is the quality of being loud, high, and unpleasant.