inconsistencies

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Inconsistency \In`con*sist"en*cy\, n.; pl. Inconsistencies. [Cf. F. inconsistance.] [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

There is a perfect inconsistency between that which is of debt and that which is of free gift.— South.[1913 Webster]

2.Absurdity in argument ore narration; incoherence or irreconcilability in the parts of a statement, argument, or narration; that which is inconsistent. [1913 Webster]

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.[1913 Webster]

3.Lack of stability or uniformity; unsteadiness; changeableness; variableness. [1913 Webster]

Mutability of temper, and inconsistency with ourselves, is the greatest weakness of human nature.— Addison.[1913 Webster]
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