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cognitive dissonance
noun
(cognitive dissonance)
psychological conflict resulting from incongruous beliefs and attitudes held simultaneously
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cognitive dissonance
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delusion
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paradox
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irrationality
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dissonance
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dichotomy
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illogic
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contradiction
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fallacy
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paranoia
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incoherence
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absurdity
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logical fallacy
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ambivalence
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incongruity
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duality
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perplexity
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idiocy
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cynicism
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dualism
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hypocrisy
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powerlessness
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neurosis
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incredulousness
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incongruence
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logorrhea
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doublethink
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groupthink
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narcissism
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tautology
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dumbness
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negativism
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derangement
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centrism
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messianism
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apoplexy
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disconnectedness
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idiocracy
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apocalypticism
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hubris
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lunacy
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infantilism
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discombobulation
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disingenuousness
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epiphenomena
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syllogism
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absurdness
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solipsism
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monomania
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incommensurability
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horribleness
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liberalness
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incoherency
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solicitousness
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terribleness
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anxiety
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disjunction
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paradoxical
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wishfulness
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selective amnesia
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joylessness
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uncaused
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eschaton
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dubiousness
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egocentrism
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condescension
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fuzziness
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nuttiness
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hysteria
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angst
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hypochondria
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judeophobia
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sanctimoniousness
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ennui
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mindlessness
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conundrum
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pessimism
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fatuousness
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obtuseness
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worldview
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penis envy
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buncombe
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tone deafness
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reflexivity
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speciousness
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misattribute
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bipolarity
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presentism
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liberalism
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conniptions
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delegitimation
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phobia
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nonrational
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rabidity
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perversity
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weirdness
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incommunicable
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disingenuity
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ineffectuality
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mystification
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sturm und drang
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cognitive dissonance
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