Cognitive Dissonance Definition

noun
The confused mental condition that results from holding incongruous, often mutually contradictory, beliefs simultaneously.
Webster's New World

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

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Other Word Forms of Cognitive Dissonance

Noun

Singular:
cognitive dissonance
Plural:
cognitive-dissonances

Cognitive Dissonance Sentence Examples

  • But if you are a fanatic, that realization would cause too much cognitive dissonance to sink in.

  • If they try to have open minds they experience cognitive dissonance.

  • The theory of cognitive dissonance is supposed to explain why people gamble.

  • It could therefore be expected to set up cognitive dissonance in anyone considering voting conservative.

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