English Explanatory Dictionary

normalcy bias

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A human tendency to respond to threat warnings with disbelief or minimization, and to similarly underestimate a disaster's deleterious effects.

Word forms

normalcy bias normalcy biases

Synonyms

normality bias
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