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decoy effects

decoy effects is the plural of decoy effect.

Meaning of decoy effect

Noun

decoy effect (plural decoy effects)

  1. The phenomenon whereby consumers will tend to have a specific change in preference between two options when also presented with a third option that is asymmetrically dominated: that is, the third option is inferior in all respects to one option, but, in comparison to the other, it is inferior in some respects and superior in others.

Questions about decoy effects

What is decoy effects the plural of?
Decoy effects is the plural of decoy effect.

Words near decoy effects in the dictionary

  1. decourous
  2. decoy
  3. decoy duck
  4. decoy ducks
  5. decoy effect
  6. decoy effects
  7. decoy-duck
  8. decoy-ducks
  9. decoyable
  10. decoyed
  11. decoyer

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