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cognitive dissonance
–noun Psychology.
| 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. |
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1960–65
1960–65
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| cognitive dissonance n. Psychology A condition of conflict or anxiety resulting from inconsistency between one's beliefs and one's actions, such as opposing the slaughter of animals and eating meat. |
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Main Entry: cognitive dissonance
Function: noun
: psychological conflict resulting from simultaneously held incongruous beliefs and attitudes (as a fondness for smokingand a belief that it is harmful)
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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