inconsistency Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time
incompatibility; mutual exclusiveness; repugnance.
noun the quality of being inconsistent and lacking a harmonious uniformity among things or parts

Cf. F. inconsistance.

plural Inconsistencies

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.
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.
Want of stability or uniformity; unsteadiness; changeableness; variableness.
Mutability of temper, and inconsistency with ourselves, is the greatest weakness of human nature. Addison.