1. (n.) 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.

2. (n.) Absurdity in argument ore narration; incoherence or irreconcilability in the parts of a statement, argument, or narration; that which is inconsistent.

3. (n.) Want of stability or uniformity; unsteadiness; changeableness; variableness.

aloofness ambiguity ambivalence anarchy antagonism antilogy antinomy antipathy antithesis asymmetry capriciousness changeability changeableness chaos choppiness clashing collision conflict confrontation confusion contradiction contradistinction contraindication contraposition contrariety contrast counterposition cross-purposes dappleness departure desultoriness deviability deviation difference differentiation diffusion disaccord disaccordance disagreement disconformity discongruity discontinuity discordance discrepancy discreteness disjunction dislocation disorder disparity dispersal dispersion disproportion disproportionateness dissent dissimilarity dissolution dissonance distinction distinctness divarication divergence divergency diversification diversity eccentricity entropy equivocality erraticism far cry fickleness flightiness freakishness heresy heterodoxy heterogeneity hostility illogic illogicality illogicalness impulsiveness inaccordance incoherence incommensurability incompatibility inconclusiveness incongruity inconsonance inconstancy inequality inharmoniousness inharmony inimicalness instability invalidity irrationality irreconcilability irregularity jerkiness mercuriality mixture moodiness motleyness mutability nonadhesion noncohesion noncompliance nonconcurrence nonconformability nonconformance nonconformism nonconformity nonobservance nonstandardization nonuniformity odds oppositeness opposition opposure oppugnance oppugnancy originality otherness oxymoron paradox perversity pluralism polarity protest raggedness reasonlessness recalcitrance recusance recusancy refractoriness repugnance restlessness scattering self-contradiction senselessness separateness shiftiness showdown unadherence unadhesiveness uncertainty unconformability unconformism unconformity undependability unevenness unfixedness unlikeness unorthodoxy unpredictability unreasonableness unreliability unscientificness unsettledness unsoundness unstableness unsteadfastness unsteadiness untenableness untenacity variability variance variation variegation variety variousness versatility wantonness wavering waywardness whimsicality