In-con-sist-ençe, In-con-sist-en-çỹ, s

[Pref. in- (2), and Eng. consistence, consistency (q. v.): Fr. in consist ance; Ital. in cons is ten cia.] 1. The quality or state of being inconsistent; such a state of opposition that one proposition infers the negation of the other; such contrariety that both cannot subsist or be together; opposition or discordance in the nature of things. "Excellent harmony, without any di onance or inconsistency."-Wilkins: Natural Religion , bk. ii., ch. ix. 2. Incongruity in action or conduct; want or absence of consistency; changeablene ; unsteadi ne . "His Jacobite friends loudly blamed his inconsistency." -Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. xvii. 3. Absurdity in argument or narration; self-contradiction; want of congruity or harmony in parts. "What inconsistency is this?"- Bentley : Free-thinking, §1.