0 the fact of being expressed, or of expressing things, in forceful language that does not try to avoid upsetting other people:
1 the quality of being loud, unpleasant, and rough in sound:
There was no stridency in his make-up.
After the stridency and aggression of the school, she was happy to find herself in a gentle household where voices were never raised.
Stridency and shard-like sounds are cast aside in favor of a more benevolent tone.
Despite the stridency of the sound, no individual could be identified as its source.
They tell of power, sometimes stridency, a range of only about two octaves, very good low notes, a strong but harsh upper register.
His commitment to accessible prose and fairness leads to a strenuous avoidance of any hint of stridency in retailing views he does not share.
Yet the authors' stridency takes its toll.
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