hugarmisræmi

Icelandic

Etymology

From hugar- (“mental, phreno-, cognitive”) +‎ misræmi (“discrepancy, discordance, incongruity, incongruence”).

Noun

hugarmisræmi n (genitive singular hugarmisræmis, no plural)

  1. (psychology) cognitive dissonance; (conflict or anxiety resulting from inconsistencies between one's beliefs and one's actions or other beliefs)

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