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cognitive dissonances

cognitive dissonances is the plural of cognitive dissonance.

Meaning of cognitive dissonance

Noun

cognitive dissonance (countable and uncountable, plural cognitive dissonances)

  1. A conflict or anxiety resulting from inconsistencies between one's beliefs and one's actions or other beliefs.
    • Cognitive dissonance can be seen as an antecedent condition which leads to activity oriented toward dissonance reduction just as hunger leads to activity oriented toward hunger reduction. It is a very different motivation from what psychologists are used to dealing with but, as we shall see...1957, Leon Festinger, A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance, Row, Peterson and Company, page 3

Questions about cognitive dissonances

What is cognitive dissonances the plural of?
Cognitive dissonances is the plural of cognitive dissonance.

Words near cognitive dissonances in the dictionary

  1. cognitive control
  2. cognitive disabilities
  3. cognitive disability
  4. cognitive disengagement syndrome
  5. cognitive dissonance
  6. cognitive dissonances
  7. cognitive distortion
  8. cognitive dysfunction syndrome
  9. cognitive estrangement
  10. cognitive linguistics
  11. cognitive load

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