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just-world fallacy

just-world fallacy noun: a form of cognitive bias by which people believe that someone's actions are inherently inclined to bring morally fair and fitting consequences upon them, with good deeds rewarded and bad deeds punished.

Noun

just-world fallacy

  1. A form of cognitive bias by which people believe that someone's actions are inherently inclined to bring morally fair and fitting consequences upon them, with good deeds rewarded and bad deeds punished.

Synonyms of just-world fallacy

Questions about just-world fallacy

What does just-world fallacy mean?
Just-world fallacy means a form of cognitive bias by which people believe that someone's actions are inherently inclined to bring morally fair and fitting consequences upon them, with good deeds rewarded and bad deeds punished.
What part of speech is just-world fallacy?
Just-world fallacy is a noun.

Words near just-world fallacy in the dictionary

  1. just you wait
  2. just-folks
  3. just-in-time
  4. just-so stories
  5. just-so story
  6. just-world fallacy
  7. just-world hypothesis
  8. justacorps
  9. justacrine
  10. justaucorps
  11. Juste

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