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Cognitive dissonance

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.
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cognitive dissonance

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.
by Jer Mack September 27, 2011
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covenant dissonance

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.
"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"
by Spectrum customer support January 26, 2021
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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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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 21, 2020
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organic dissonance

What happens when a person's online persona does not jibe with their in-person reality.
Brittany: So, did you finally meet the new guy?

Brandi: I was really digging him on Ok-Cupid and then we met for coffee. He was wearing a Justin Beiber concert tee AND he had a mullet.

Brittany: MAJOR case of organic dissonance.

Brandi: The WORST.

Brittany: ((cringe))
by bizzy63 February 26, 2012
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Emojional Dissonance

When you use the wrong emoji to react to something.
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
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