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halo effect definition

halo effect

the tendency for an estimate or judgment to be influenced by an irrelevant or only loosely associated factor, impression, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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