by o'connorsgal January 17, 2024
Get the Projection mug.Projecting your own flaws into others. A common defense mechanism for dealing with repressed guilt for one's actions.
She tells people that Jack cheated on Mary as a projection of her guilt for cheating on her boyfriend.
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Why they gotta projectile bro like that. "Spent the whole concert yelling over the music about how they could totally throw a football from the stage to the back row, missing the show in the process and annoying the people in front of them”
by Oompaliumpa October 17, 2024
Get the Projectile bro mug.Proactive policing is a law enforcement strategy focused on preventing crime before it occurs, rather than merely responding to criminal activity after the fact. It often involves anticipating potential criminal activity, identifying risks, and addressing underlying causes through methods such as community engagement, targeted patrols, predictive analytics, and problem-solving initiatives. This approach contrasts with reactive policing, which centers on responding to crimes once they have been committed.
Proactive policing, such as setting up DUI checkpoints during holiday weekends, aims to deter impaired driving before accidents occur.
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by daveyjhones January 16, 2025
Get the Projecting mug.An individual who projects their own personal shortcomings and/or toxic traits onto others to such an extent that it appears as though they genuinely believe it themselves.
Projectionist - Why do people make fun of a flat earther while they can't obviously provide any proof of a globe?
*whispers - because they can..
*whispers - because they can..
by Burdensomeknowing February 13, 2026
Get the projectionist mug.A cognitive bias where one projects the scientific method—as one understands it—onto all forms of inquiry, assuming that any legitimate search for knowledge must follow the same procedures. This projection operates when someone insists that history isn't real because it can't run experiments; that philosophy is worthless because it doesn't test hypotheses; that personal experience is invalid because it's not reproducible. The projection lies in taking a method that works brilliantly for certain questions and assuming it must work for all questions—that the scientific method isn't one tool among many but the only tool worth having. This projection closes off whole domains of understanding, dismissing them as "unscientific" rather than recognizing that different questions require different methods.
Example: "He claimed that literary criticism wasn't real knowledge because it didn't use the scientific method—projection of the scientific method onto a domain where it simply doesn't apply."
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