English-German translations for cognitive dissonance

• kognitive Dissonanz die
  Psychiater haben einen ausgefallenen Ausdruck dafür, noch ausgefallener als Weltanschauung: Sie nennen es "kognitive Dissonanz". The psychiatrists have a fancy phrase for it, an even fancier phrase than Weltanschauung: they call it 'cognitive dissonance'.

Definition of cognitive dissonance

• A conflict or anxiety resulting from inconsistencies between one's beliefs and one's actions or other beliefs.{{cite-book|last=

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• cognitive
• cognitively
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• cognitive science
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