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Webster 1913 Edition
Inconsistency
Inˊcon-sist′en-cy
,Noun.
pl.
Inconsistencies
(#)
. [Cf. F.
inconsistance
.] 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.
There is a perfect
inconsistency
between that which is of debt and that which is of free gift. South.
2.
Absurdity in argument ore narration; incoherence or irreconcilability in the parts of a statement, argument, or narration; that which is inconsistent.
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.
3.
Lack of stability or uniformity; unsteadiness; changeableness; variableness.
Mutability of temper, and
inconsistency
with ourselves, is the greatest weakness of human nature. Addison.