Dissonance
noun
A disagreement or lack of agreement.
The conference has attempted to resolve dissonances between different national cultures.
Often appears as...
- resolve dissonances
- cultural dissonance
noun
A sound that is unpleasant because it is a mix of notes that do not harmonize.
The piece is full of dissonance.
Often appears as...
- musical dissonance
- harmonic dissonance
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A mental discomfort or stress caused by holding two or more conflicting beliefs, values, or behaviors.
She experiences great dissonance when her friends smoke around her because she thinks it's bad for health.
Often appears as...
- cognitive dissonance
- feel dissonance
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Negative
Academic
noun
A disagreement or lack of agreement.
The conference has attempted to resolve dissonances between different national cultures.
Often appears as...
- resolve dissonances
- cultural dissonance
noun
A sound that is unpleasant because it is a mix of notes that do not harmonize.
The piece is full of dissonance.
Often appears as...
- musical dissonance
- harmonic dissonance
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A mental discomfort or stress caused by holding two or more conflicting beliefs, values, or behaviors.
She experiences great dissonance when her friends smoke around her because she thinks it's bad for health.
Often appears as...
- cognitive dissonance
- feel dissonance
Usage tips
Negative
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Metaphorical Usage
Used to describe conflicts in ideas, actions, or issues, often metaphorically in various subjects.
The debate highlighted the dissonance between the two policies.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Context
Often relates to clashes in beliefs, traditions, or customs within different cultures or societies.
He felt a dissonance between his culture's traditions and the new country's way of life.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Negative
While indicating a lack of agreement, dissonance can lead to discussions that prompt change or improvement.
The dissonance in the team's views eventually led to a better strategy.
Pro Tip 1/3Metaphorical Usage
Used to describe conflicts in ideas, actions, or issues, often metaphorically in various subjects.
The debate highlighted the dissonance between the two policies.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Context
Often relates to clashes in beliefs, traditions, or customs within different cultures or societies.
He felt a dissonance between his culture's traditions and the new country's way of life.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Negative
While indicating a lack of agreement, dissonance can lead to discussions that prompt change or improvement.
The dissonance in the team's views eventually led to a better strategy.
Pro Tip 1/3Metaphorical Usage
Used to describe conflicts in ideas, actions, or issues, often metaphorically in various subjects.
The debate highlighted the dissonance between the two policies.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Context
Often relates to clashes in beliefs, traditions, or customs within different cultures or societies.
He felt a dissonance between his culture's traditions and the new country's way of life.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Negative
While indicating a lack of agreement, dissonance can lead to discussions that prompt change or improvement.
The dissonance in the team's views eventually led to a better strategy.
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Video examples
My year of living...
So, you know, if you want to become more compassionate, you visit sick people in the hospital, and you will become more compassionate. You donate money to a cause, and you become emotionally involved in that cause. So, it really was cognitive psychology -- you know, cognitive dissonance -- that I was experiencing.
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Watch the Total Solar...
hundreds of years ago or thousands of years ago you would have no idea people made up mythology to explain dragons eating the Sun and that kind of thing and so unless you know it's coming it could really be frightening and for some people even knowing it's coming it's you you get that cognitive dissonance
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Lisa Margonelli: The...
We talk about energy independence. We talk about hydrogen cars. We talk about biofuels that haven't been invented yet. And so, cognitive dissonance is part and parcel of the way that we deal with oil, and it's really important to dealing with this oil spill. Okay, so the politics of oil
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What does the universe...
the simpler the ratio, the more pleasing or consonant those two notes will sound together. And the more complex the ratio, the more dissonant they will sound. And it's this interplay between tension and release, or consonance and dissonance, that makes what we call music.
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What "Orwellian" really...
a hypnotic state of cognitive dissonance in which one is compelled to disregard their own perception in place of the officially dictated version of events, leaving the individual completely dependent on the State's definition of reality itself. The result is a world
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Do politics make us...
This behavior is especially dangerous in politics. On an individual scale, allegiance to a party allows people to create a political identity and support policies they agree with. But partisan-based cognitive dissonance can lead people to reject evidence
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Why do people join...
and to attain the promised rewards. The cult environment discourages critical thinking, making it hard to voice doubts when everyone around you is modeling absolute faith. The resulting internal conflict, known as cognitive dissonance, keeps you trapped,
Video examples
3 kinds of bias that...
it's an illusory superiority complex, thinking we know things. In other words, people think they know more than they do. Or they underestimate what they don't know. And then, there's cognitive dissonance. Cognitive dissonance is interesting.
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How to transform...
They just passed the three million jobs mark. Psychology says, in order to create engagement, we should present, on balance, three positive or supportive framings for each climate threat we mention. Then we can flip dissonance
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A brief history of goths...
British post-punk groups, like Joy Division, Bauhaus, and The Cure, combined gloomy lyrics and punk dissonance with imagery inspired by the Victorian era, classic horror, and androgynous glam fashion.
Video examples
My year of living...
So, you know, if you want to become more compassionate, you visit sick people in the hospital, and you will become more compassionate. You donate money to a cause, and you become emotionally involved in that cause. So, it really was cognitive psychology -- you know, cognitive dissonance -- that I was experiencing.
Video examples
Watch the Total Solar...
hundreds of years ago or thousands of years ago you would have no idea people made up mythology to explain dragons eating the Sun and that kind of thing and so unless you know it's coming it could really be frightening and for some people even knowing it's coming it's you you get that cognitive dissonance
Video examples
Lisa Margonelli: The...
We talk about energy independence. We talk about hydrogen cars. We talk about biofuels that haven't been invented yet. And so, cognitive dissonance is part and parcel of the way that we deal with oil, and it's really important to dealing with this oil spill. Okay, so the politics of oil
Video examples
What does the universe...
the simpler the ratio, the more pleasing or consonant those two notes will sound together. And the more complex the ratio, the more dissonant they will sound. And it's this interplay between tension and release, or consonance and dissonance, that makes what we call music.
Video examples
What "Orwellian" really...
a hypnotic state of cognitive dissonance in which one is compelled to disregard their own perception in place of the officially dictated version of events, leaving the individual completely dependent on the State's definition of reality itself. The result is a world
Video examples
Do politics make us...
This behavior is especially dangerous in politics. On an individual scale, allegiance to a party allows people to create a political identity and support policies they agree with. But partisan-based cognitive dissonance can lead people to reject evidence
Video examples
Why do people join...
and to attain the promised rewards. The cult environment discourages critical thinking, making it hard to voice doubts when everyone around you is modeling absolute faith. The resulting internal conflict, known as cognitive dissonance, keeps you trapped,
Video examples
3 kinds of bias that...
it's an illusory superiority complex, thinking we know things. In other words, people think they know more than they do. Or they underestimate what they don't know. And then, there's cognitive dissonance. Cognitive dissonance is interesting.
Video examples
How to transform...
They just passed the three million jobs mark. Psychology says, in order to create engagement, we should present, on balance, three positive or supportive framings for each climate threat we mention. Then we can flip dissonance
Video examples
A brief history of goths...
British post-punk groups, like Joy Division, Bauhaus, and The Cure, combined gloomy lyrics and punk dissonance with imagery inspired by the Victorian era, classic horror, and androgynous glam fashion.
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Kristen Soltis Anderson
American Writer
Fast-moving views are not likely to be strongly held views. Instead, they're much more likely to be about people mirroring back the signals they see coming from the leaders they support. People can resolve dissonance by shifting their own view on issues that aren't top of mind.
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Simon Mainwaring
Businessman
The role of social media is critical because it helps to spread cognitive dissonance by connecting thought leaders and activists to ordinary citizens rapidly expanding the network of people who become willing to take action.
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Moby
American Musician
Every single day the world seems like it is on the brink of falling apart. But then I look outside my window, and things look about the same as they did a week ago. It's almost a form of cognitive dissonance.
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Jon Ronson
Welsh Journalist
What I think was a really lucky coincidence was that a lot of the themes of 'Okja' are things I write about a lot: cognitive dissonance and corporate greed and also the internal politics of fringe groups.
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Kevin Bleyer
American Writer
Am I the only one who can't seem to reconcile the grand canyon of cognitive dissonance I feel when people with much more important jobs than I have manage to score much lengthier times off?
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Madeleine Albright
American Statesman
I think that a president needs to have a variety of views presented. But also, there has to be a team effort, because otherwise, I think it creates a dissonance and difficulty.
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Kate DiCamillo
American Author
When I was a kid, it never occurred to me that human beings wrote books. It was a kind of cognitive dissonance for me... I just didn't think it was something that people did.
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Eugene Chadbourne
American Composer
I think dissonance in music makes you think. It isn't, 'Oh, that's a pretty melody I can whistle.' You have to sit down and listen to tell it apart from other things.
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Ruth St. Denis
American Dancer
As we rise higher in the understanding of ourselves, the national and racial dissonances will be forgotten in the universal rhythms of Truth and Love.
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Eric Sevareid
American Journalist
I have never quite grasped the worry about the power of the press. After all, it speaks with a thousand voices, in constant dissonance.
Quote examples
Kristen Soltis Anderson
American Writer
Fast-moving views are not likely to be strongly held views. Instead, they're much more likely to be about people mirroring back the signals they see coming from the leaders they support. People can resolve dissonance by shifting their own view on issues that aren't top of mind.
Quote examples
Simon Mainwaring
Businessman
The role of social media is critical because it helps to spread cognitive dissonance by connecting thought leaders and activists to ordinary citizens rapidly expanding the network of people who become willing to take action.
Quote examples
Moby
American Musician
Every single day the world seems like it is on the brink of falling apart. But then I look outside my window, and things look about the same as they did a week ago. It's almost a form of cognitive dissonance.
Quote examples
Jon Ronson
Welsh Journalist
What I think was a really lucky coincidence was that a lot of the themes of 'Okja' are things I write about a lot: cognitive dissonance and corporate greed and also the internal politics of fringe groups.
Quote examples
Kevin Bleyer
American Writer
Am I the only one who can't seem to reconcile the grand canyon of cognitive dissonance I feel when people with much more important jobs than I have manage to score much lengthier times off?
Quote examples
Madeleine Albright
American Statesman
I think that a president needs to have a variety of views presented. But also, there has to be a team effort, because otherwise, I think it creates a dissonance and difficulty.
Quote examples
Kate DiCamillo
American Author
When I was a kid, it never occurred to me that human beings wrote books. It was a kind of cognitive dissonance for me... I just didn't think it was something that people did.
Quote examples
Eugene Chadbourne
American Composer
I think dissonance in music makes you think. It isn't, 'Oh, that's a pretty melody I can whistle.' You have to sit down and listen to tell it apart from other things.
Quote examples
Ruth St. Denis
American Dancer
As we rise higher in the understanding of ourselves, the national and racial dissonances will be forgotten in the universal rhythms of Truth and Love.
Quote examples
Eric Sevareid
American Journalist
I have never quite grasped the worry about the power of the press. After all, it speaks with a thousand voices, in constant dissonance.
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