For these women, imprisonment causes dissonance between a conflict-self and a respectable identity.

Loyalty: In the novel some of the characters experience divisions in loyalty causing personal dissonance.

Irrelevant relationships are when two elements do not possess a meaningful relationship with one another, they are unrelated and do not cause dissonance.

Up, down, up, down she went for three hours, causing cognitive dissonance among men smoking cigars and women in outfits ranging from understated to overreaching.

More than perhaps any other issue, trade causes dissonance between scholars and politicians.

The difference between their feelings and beliefs causes dissonance, so they seek to reassure themselves.

Trade Issue Rouses The Big Losers Over the years, no other issue has caused such dissonance between scholars and politicians as trade.

"We don't know to what extent that has caused serious dissonance in individuals," he said.

The golden apple can be seen as a metaphor for a practical joke meant to cause cognitive dissonance in the target.

When this technique is employed while playing chords, care must be taken in overtone selection as the overtones stemming from the non-root pitch can cause extreme dissonance.