cognitive dissonance
Meanings
noun
- A conflict or anxiety resulting from inconsistencies between one's beliefs and one's actions or other beliefs.
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Etymology
Coined by American psychologist Leon Festinger. Dissonance was chosen to avoid the logical connotations of inconsistency.
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