A cognitive bias where one projects the claim of rationality onto one's own thinking while denying it to others—assuming that one's own conclusions are the product of pure reason while others' are driven by emotion, ideology, or irrationality. Projection of rationality operates when someone says "I'm being rational, you're being emotional"; when they present their own views as logical and others' as illogical; when they cannot see the values and assumptions embedded in their own reasoning. The projection lies in the invisibility of one's own irrationalities—the assumption that one's own cognitive processes are transparent and pure while others' are opaque and contaminated. It's a form of intellectual narcissism, the belief that one's own mind works the way minds should work while others' are broken.
Example: "He presented every conclusion as the result of pure logic while dismissing her reasoning as emotional—projection of rationality, assuming his values were just reason while hers were just feeling."
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Definition:
The absence, refusal, or failure to engage in introspection; a state of not examining one’s own thoughts, feelings, or motivations.
Often characterized by emotional avoidance, lack of self-awareness, or habitual externalization of inner conflicts.
Etymology:
From Greek prefix a- meaning “not” or “without,” + Latin specere meaning “to look.”
Modeled as a direct conceptual antonym of introspection.
Note: a newly coined word
Definition:
The absence, refusal, or failure to engage in introspection; a state of not examining one’s own thoughts, feelings, or motivations.
Often characterized by emotional avoidance, lack of self-awareness, or habitual externalization of inner conflicts.
Etymology:
From Greek prefix a- meaning “not” or “without,” + Latin specere meaning “to look.”
Modeled as a direct conceptual antonym of introspection.
Note: a newly coined word
“In the age of noise and distraction, aprospection has become the norm.”
“Their conflict wasn’t from malice, but from years of practiced aprospection.”
Related forms:
aprospective (adj.): “He was charming but entirely aprospective.”
aprospectively (adv.): “They moved through life aprospectively, never pausing to ask why.”
“Their conflict wasn’t from malice, but from years of practiced aprospection.”
Related forms:
aprospective (adj.): “He was charming but entirely aprospective.”
aprospectively (adv.): “They moved through life aprospectively, never pausing to ask why.”
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noun | /ˌæ-prə-ˈspɛk-ʃən/
Definition:
The absence, refusal, or failure to engage in introspection; a state of not examining one’s own thoughts, feelings, or motivations.
Often characterized by emotional avoidance, lack of self-awareness, or habitual externalization of inner conflicts.
Etymology:
From Greek prefix a- meaning “not” or “without,” + Latin specere meaning “to look.”
Modeled as a direct conceptual antonym of introspection.
Definition:
The absence, refusal, or failure to engage in introspection; a state of not examining one’s own thoughts, feelings, or motivations.
Often characterized by emotional avoidance, lack of self-awareness, or habitual externalization of inner conflicts.
Etymology:
From Greek prefix a- meaning “not” or “without,” + Latin specere meaning “to look.”
Modeled as a direct conceptual antonym of introspection.
In the age of noise and distraction, aprospection has become the norm.”
“Their conflict wasn’t from malice, but from years of practiced aprospection.”
Related forms:
aprospective (adj.): “He was charming but entirely aprospective.”
aprospectively (adv.): “They moved through life aprospectively, never pausing to ask why.”
“Their conflict wasn’t from malice, but from years of practiced aprospection.”
Related forms:
aprospective (adj.): “He was charming but entirely aprospective.”
aprospectively (adv.): “They moved through life aprospectively, never pausing to ask why.”
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“Do you offer stache rides?”
“No, but he does!” *points to his best friend*
(Friend) He’s just a projecting munch
“No, but he does!” *points to his best friend*
(Friend) He’s just a projecting munch
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The bullet (projectile) causes catastrophic brain damage (i.e. what a lobotomy is) on its pass through the skull.
The bullet (projectile) causes catastrophic brain damage (i.e. what a lobotomy is) on its pass through the skull.
spotter: "see that guy on the roof? with the launcher? smoke em."
sniper: "projectile lobotomy coming right up."
sniper: "projectile lobotomy coming right up."
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