cognitive dissonance

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Etymology: L, cognoscere, to know, dis, opposite of, sonare, to sound

a state of tension resulting from a discrepancy in a person's emotional and intellectual frame of reference for interpreting and coping with his or her environment. It usually occurs when new information contradicts existing assumptions or knowledge.

dissonance [dis´o-nans]

discord or disagreement.

cognitive dissonance anxiety or similar unpleasant feelings resulting from a lack of agreement between a person's established ideas, beliefs, and attitudes and some more recently acquired information or experience.

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