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cognitive dissonance

noun

Etymology

Coined by American psychologist Leon Festinger. Dissonance was chosen to avoid the logical connotations of inconsistency.

Definitions

  1. A conflict or anxiety resulting from inconsistencies between one's beliefs and one's…

    A conflict or anxiety resulting from inconsistencies between one's beliefs and one's actions or other beliefs.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cognitive dissonance. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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