discrepant en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈdɪskɹɪpənt/
- (Southern-England) audio
- /dɪˈskɹɛpənt/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Latin crepō Latin discrepō Latin discrepānsder. English discrepant From Latin discrepāns, present participle of discrepō (“to differ in sound, differ, disagree”), from dis- (“apart”) + crepō (“to make a noise, crackle”).
Meanings
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(formal) Showing difference; inconsistent, dissimilar.
But the term 'godlike,' […] becomes exceedingly vague, for many gods have flourished in religious history, and their attributes have been discrepant enough.
1902, William James, “Lecture II: Circumscription of the Topic”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 34:The Egyptians were doubtless the most singular of all the Pagans, and the most oddly discrepant from the rest in their manner of worship; yet nevertheless, that these also agreed with the rest in those fundamentals of worshipping one supreme and universal Numen […]
1678, R[alph] Cudworth, chapter IV, in The True Intellectual System of the Universe: The First Part; wherein All the Reason and Philosophy of Atheism is Confuted; and Its Impossibility Demonstrated, London: […] Richard Royston, […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more discrepant | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most discrepant | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
nondiscrepant · discrepantly · serodiscrepant
Relateds
Synonyms
inconsistent · incompatible · at variance
Translations (5)
hu eltérő (inconsistent, dissimilar) · hu ellentmondó (inconsistent, dissimilar) · de diskrepant (inconsistent, dissimilar) · ro discrepant (inconsistent, dissimilar) · fi epäjohdonmukainen (inconsistent, dissimilar)