dissonance

  • 71cognitive dissonance — n psychological conflict resulting from simultaneously held incongruous beliefs and attitudes (as a fondness for smoking and a belief that it is harmful) * * * anxiety or other unpleasant feelings resulting from a lack of agreement between a… …

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  • 72Cognitive dissonance — cognitive dissonance …

    Dictionary of sociology

  • 73cognitive dissonance — 1957, developed and apparently coined by U.S. social psychologist Leon Festinger (1919 1989) …

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  • 74generational\ dissonance — The state of believing that one s generation is unique; that one will avoid the errors made by predecessors in similar situations. He actually thought that 90s music would be around forever. It was generational dissonance that kept him from… …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 75generational\ dissonance — The state of believing that one s generation is unique; that one will avoid the errors made by predecessors in similar situations. He actually thought that 90s music would be around forever. It was generational dissonance that kept him from… …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 76cognitive dissonance — pažinimo disonansas statusas T sritis švietimas apibrėžtis Asmenybės būsena, atsirandanti dėl žinojimo, įsitikinimų ir veiklos bei elgesio prieštaravimų. Esant pažinimo disonanso būsenai, išgyvenamas vidinis nepatogumas (diskomfortas) arba… …

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  • 77cognitive dissonance — n. the confused mental condition that results from holding incongruous, often mutually contradictory, beliefs simultaneously …

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  • 78cognitive dissonance — noun Date: 1957 psychological conflict resulting from incongruous beliefs and attitudes held simultaneously …

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  • 79cognitive dissonance — Psychol. anxiety that results from simultaneously holding contradictory or otherwise incompatible attitudes, beliefs, or the like, as when one likes a person but disapproves strongly of one of his or her habits. [1960 65] * * * Mental conflict… …

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  • 80cognitive dissonance — noun a conflict or anxiety resulting from inconsistencies between ones beliefs and ones actions or other beliefs …

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