cognitive dissonance

Justin Trudeau's reaction to the death of Fidel Castro

'It is with deep sorrow that I learned today of the death of Cuba's longest serving President,'
'We join the people of Cuba today in mourning the loss of this remarkable leader.'

etc, etc.
yep this is called cognitive dissonance.

by i don't have a nickname November 27, 2016

pimple cognition

when a pimple can perceive verbal, physical, or spiritual acknowledgment from the external world; the pimple will show its understanding by exhibiting a throbbing or tingling sensation

In the middle of Sam and I's conversation, Sam stopped and looked at me.
"That pimple on your face is so big and ugly," Sam said to me.
My pimple began to tingle when hearing the sound of its name- I knew it was some crazy pimple cognition going on.

by nicmeister February 4, 2009

unsure-cognition

Noun. Being completely unsure of everything for no apparent reason and not knowing how to verbalize it.

After a night of hard drinking, Ted has unsure-cognition

by Nick Johnston February 7, 2005

Cognitive dysentery

The condition of being so bounded by one's beliefs that one ends up with shit for brains.

Yesterday's Supreme Court decision, which supported the idea that religion is more important than a woman's health, is clearly a case of cognitive dysentery

by Pablo DiAblo July 1, 2014

cognitive neuroscience

A subset of neuroscience that is "totally necessary" because "just because you can't quantify it doesn't mean it's not there." The cognitive neuroscience professors will defend the validity of cognition with their lives, and fight the neuroscience department for their honor.

"I'm in the cognitive neuroscience lab"
"..is that a wet lab?"
"No"
"Well then it's not a lab"

by brrrrrruh69 February 22, 2018

cognitive function

Brain power

"I got in a car wreck. Now I'm a vegetable."

"How are you typing? "

"Cognitive Function Bitch"

by Dick ThunderSword May 9, 2015

Cognitive Dissonance

Internally repealing old beliefs and past experiences and replacing them with new information that contradicts the original to conform with internal belief structures.

Example: Democrats

Joe Biden saying if the President had done his job, no one would have died from Covid-19, then declaring "there is nothing we can do to change the trajectory of the pandemic in the next several months" is an extreme case of Cognitive Dissonance.

by 7Slinger January 27, 2021