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 1, 2021
Get the Cognitive dissonance mug.having an idea or thought that you can't get out of your head. you keep thinking about it until it ultimately kills you. this is cognicide.
by cullingsong November 16, 2010
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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
Get the cognitive dissonance mug.An epithet used to describe brainy and overly aggressive folks who enjoy acquiring knowledge at the expense of others' mental fatigue.
Cognitive - of or relating to acquiring knowledge
Skirmisher - soldiers whose purpose is to harass the enemy
Cognitive - of or relating to acquiring knowledge
Skirmisher - soldiers whose purpose is to harass the enemy
"The dinner party last night was fun except for that Cognitive Skirmisher who bludgeoned my brain whilst he figured out his stance on Scottish secession."
by Terry-Rod September 26, 2014
Get the Cognitive Skirmisher mug.1. a state of extreme mental exhaustion because of excessive content absorption or mind-numbing work
2. the state of your current brain power for any particular task or event
2. the state of your current brain power for any particular task or event
I have definitely hit my cognitive load on learning this new spreadsheet process. Time for drunk slushies!
by Golden Rules September 5, 2015
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girl 2: you don't know that! you're jumping to conclusions; and that's a cognitive distortion.
girl 2: you don't know that! you're jumping to conclusions; and that's a cognitive distortion.
by crestfallendays July 31, 2018
Get the cognitive distortion mug.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
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