Reading/listening to classical media (newspapers/radio/tv news channels) vs having your world view determined by reading different bloggers' online garbage.
Caveat emptor!The rapid and uncontrolled mushrooming of social media has created an atmosphere of cognitive dissonance.
by Sexydimma May 2, 2021
When a conservative objects to blaming George W. Bush for the recession, even though he blames everything that happened during the Bush Administration on Bill Clinton.
Conservative: Yep the old usual left wing play, if all else fails, blame Bush.
Liberal: But you blamed everything that happened during the Bush Administration on Clinton. How is that any different?
Conservative: I guess I'm engaging in some cognitive dissonance.
Liberal: But you blamed everything that happened during the Bush Administration on Clinton. How is that any different?
Conservative: I guess I'm engaging in some cognitive dissonance.
by Jer Mack September 27, 2011
A state of spastic cognitive denial.
A disconnected understanding between supply and demand vs product quality.
A Deluded perception of skill culminating in a God complex mentallity.
A blind tribe mentality based on fiscal slavery vs self worth to satisfy a deluded quasi-cult leaders neurosis.
A disconnected understanding between supply and demand vs product quality.
A Deluded perception of skill culminating in a God complex mentallity.
A blind tribe mentality based on fiscal slavery vs self worth to satisfy a deluded quasi-cult leaders neurosis.
"That guy's subscriber's have Covenant dissonance."
"They payed $XXX.XX to him to be cucked and ripped off" "yeah they have Covenant dissonance"
"They payed $XXX.XX to him to be cucked and ripped off" "yeah they have Covenant dissonance"
by Spectrum customer support January 27, 2021
I sent her a "laughing so hard I'm crying" emoji, when she told me her grandfather died. Caused some emojional dissonance.
by ReignForestWhitaker June 11, 2016
An example of somebody displaying cognitively dissonant behaviour would be a situation where the persons views, values, beliefs etc are contradicted or opposed by one or other persons causing them mental (psychological) stress. At this point a state of cognition is triggered effectively causing them to refute, reject &/or miss-perceive the contradictory views, values or beliefs.
It is also used by assholes on the internet who try to sound smarter then they really are, without actually knowing what it means.
It is also used by assholes on the internet who try to sound smarter then they really are, without actually knowing what it means.
"smoking will most likely cause you to have cancer you know?"
"hmmm I'm not so sure I know people who have smoked all their lives and they're fine, plus I enjoy it anyway.." this is cognitive dissonance
"hmmm I'm not so sure I know people who have smoked all their lives and they're fine, plus I enjoy it anyway.." this is cognitive dissonance
by Cakeboy327 December 6, 2020
Covid dissonance
(noun) Covid dissonance is the mental state brought upon by needing to mentally operate in unprecedented, trying, unforseen, difficult times as if the world isn't a disastrous trash fire all while the world is, in fact, a disastrous trash fire.
by VeryWordsMuchDefinitionWow September 22, 2020
Her failure to grasp what is really going on in the world is causing me a lot of moronic dissonance.
by SoothsayerNeo June 27, 2021