cognitive dissonance
noun
: psychological conflict resulting from incongruous beliefs and attitudes held simultaneously
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For schools in countries with national curriculum boards, few realities produce more cognitive dissonance than the fact that the United States lacks a national curriculum.
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Ray Ravaglia, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
But in her embodiment of a woman succumbing to cognitive dissonance in order to dissociate from her offenses, Onetto (with an assist from Martel’s camerawork) gestures moreover at a bourgeois class willfully detached from the adversity that surrounds them.
—Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2024
Participants who were paid $1 felt greater cognitive dissonance due to their inability to rationalize lying.
—Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 6 Aug. 2024
Then there’s the cognitive dissonance that comes with being such a high-profile figure with a degenerative disease, something Fox speaks to after a particularly painful round of physical therapy.
—Jen Chaney, Vulture, 3 Jan. 2024
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Ray Ravaglia, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
But in her embodiment of a woman succumbing to cognitive dissonance in order to dissociate from her offenses, Onetto (with an assist from Martel’s camerawork) gestures moreover at a bourgeois class willfully detached from the adversity that surrounds them.
—Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2024
Participants who were paid $1 felt greater cognitive dissonance due to their inability to rationalize lying.
—Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 6 Aug. 2024
Then there’s the cognitive dissonance that comes with being such a high-profile figure with a degenerative disease, something Fox speaks to after a particularly painful round of physical therapy.
—Jen Chaney, Vulture, 3 Jan. 2024
See all Example Sentences for cognitive dissonance
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“Cognitive dissonance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cognitive%20dissonance. Accessed 17 Sep. 2024.
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