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Moronic Dissonance

When someone is so incredibly stupid that it causes you mental pain.
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
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dissolve

To turn into liquid.
It took only a moment for the honey to dissolve in her warm hand.
by zafar December 9, 2007
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cognitive dissonance

A mental conflict where a person's beliefs do not align with reality, creating a feeling of unease and tension, which results in the person attempting to rationalize their belief to cope with the discomfort
A: "Trump is going to win this election by a landslide!"

*Trump loses the election*

A: "No way he lost, the election is rigged! Trump still won this by a landslide"

This person is experiencing cognitive dissonance
by Justdefinitions November 30, 2020
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dissociative identity disorder

dissociative identity disorder or Multiple Personality Disorder

Rare condition indicated by the absence of a clear and comprehensive identity. two or more independent and distinct personality systems develop in the same individual.

NOT ! " the pretense of having multiple personalities for the purpose of sucking attention and sympathy"-ignorant
dissociative identity disorder....the splitting off from conscious awareness and control of thoughts, feelings, memories, and other mental components in response to situations that are painful, disturbing, or somehow unacceptable to the person experiencing them
by Mz yasa December 26, 2007
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Cognitive Dissonance

An individual experiencing Cognitive Dissonance exhibits a reluctance to reason, or accept opposing opinions and views, often resulting in anger, tantrums, and biased and baseless attacks on an persons intellect and character.

A great example is Trump Supporters.
Normal Person: just my opinion; Donald Trump is a good president, but far from the best. He recieves more praise than hes earned.

Person experiencing Cognitive Dissonance: Youre talking out your ass, and are clearly retarded. Your refusal to worship the one true God trump is only a prime example of your truly inferior intellect. You are a garbage American, and a garbage person.
by HeWhoActuallyThinks July 16, 2019
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ludonarrative dissonance

When there is a disconnect between story and gameplay in video games. An unnecessarily fancy sounding term mostly used by pseudo-intellectuals to whine about violence in Bioshock: Infinite. To them, the idea of so much violence in a game about a violent man in a violent/racist city is somehow a huge shocker.

Disconnect between gameplay and story happens all the time. There are countless examples of games where characters soak up bullets during gameplay but die from a single bullet in cut scenes. Yet somehow violence in Bioshock: Infinite is simultaneously the most frequently used and worst example of gameplay/story disconnect.
Did you read that article on the reputable game journalism website about violence and ludonarrative dissonance in Bioshock: Infinite? You know, the same journalist website that gave the fundamentally broken PS3 version of Skyrim a 10/10?
by RusFring September 17, 2013
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Cognitive Dissonance

I'm feeling cognitive dissonance like Susan Collins when I claim I support survivors but I vote for Bret Kavanaugh.
by ravenpaige October 6, 2018
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