cognitive dissonance
noun
: psychological conflict resulting from incongruous beliefs and attitudes held simultaneously
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That singular image might best encapsulate the cognitive dissonance the permeates the new UIM E1 Series Championship.
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J. George Gorant, Robb Report, 9 May 2024
But the kinds of people who can tolerate that cognitive dissonance — their work scaffolds their privilege but also hurts the world — tend to become erratic and prone to magical thinking.
—Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
Both films are about interrogating American icons, the cognitive dissonance of their aims and their existence.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 20 July 2023
The line, uttered by Melanie Griffith’s Tess, sums up the cognitive dissonance women face trying to make it in a man’s world.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 9 Mar. 2024
To portray cognitive dissonance requires something unexpected.
—Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2024
In particular, she’s been praised for her delivery of the movie’s climactic speech, which illustrates the cognitive dissonance of being a woman.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 23 Jan. 2024
No amount of cognitive dissonance can convince us otherwise.
—Ted Rall, Orange County Register, 27 Jan. 2024
There certainly appears to be some cognitive dissonance, agreed The Independent's Rowan Pelling.
—Richard Windsor, theweek, 11 Jan. 2024
J. George Gorant, Robb Report, 9 May 2024
But the kinds of people who can tolerate that cognitive dissonance — their work scaffolds their privilege but also hurts the world — tend to become erratic and prone to magical thinking.
—Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
Both films are about interrogating American icons, the cognitive dissonance of their aims and their existence.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 20 July 2023
The line, uttered by Melanie Griffith’s Tess, sums up the cognitive dissonance women face trying to make it in a man’s world.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 9 Mar. 2024
To portray cognitive dissonance requires something unexpected.
—Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2024
In particular, she’s been praised for her delivery of the movie’s climactic speech, which illustrates the cognitive dissonance of being a woman.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 23 Jan. 2024
No amount of cognitive dissonance can convince us otherwise.
—Ted Rall, Orange County Register, 27 Jan. 2024
There certainly appears to be some cognitive dissonance, agreed The Independent's Rowan Pelling.
—Richard Windsor, theweek, 11 Jan. 2024
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