Both Uses of
discord
in
Invisible Man, by Ellison
- that always threatened internal discord
Chpt 16 *discord = conflict
- It was not merely the background of wealth and gracious living, to which I was alien, but simply the being there with her and the sensed possibility of a heightened communication; as though the discordantly invisible and the conspicuously enigmatic were reaching a delicately balanced harmony.†
Chpt 19
Definitions:
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(1)
(discord as in: discord amongst the group) conflict or disagreement -- especially among those expected to cooperate
or (especially in the form discordant):
seeming different or wrong along with everything else -
(2)
(discord as in: discordant music) unpleasant sound -- especially a combination of sounds that sound wrong together (though sometimes done intentionally in music)