• JackbyDev
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    10 months ago

    That’s not cognitive dissonance. Cognitive dissonance is the feeling of discomfort one may feel when holding contradictory beliefs and forced to reconcile the two.

    Edit: spelling

    • CheezyWeezle
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      310 months ago

      cog·ni·tive dis·so·nance /ˈkäɡnədiv ˈdisənəns/ noun PSYCHOLOGY the state of having inconsistent thoughts, beliefs, or attitudes, especially as relating to behavioral decisions and attitude change

      Nothing to do with a feeling of discomfort or reconciling the beliefs. Not sure where you got that idea from.

        • CheezyWeezle
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          210 months ago

          No, that is literally a dictionary definition, not a colloquialism. A colloquialism would necessarily be informal and descriptive, not prescriptive.

          • JackbyDev
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            010 months ago

            You think dictionary definitions can’t be descriptive?

              • JackbyDev
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                110 months ago

                No, that is literally a dictionary definition, not a colloquialism. A colloquialism would necessarily be informal and descriptive, not prescriptive.

                You said it right here.

                • CheezyWeezle
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                  -110 months ago

                  Go back to grade school and learn reading comprehension again, please. Just because I said that colloquialisms are descriptive, does not mean that I said that all dictionary definitions are prescriptive. Get your red herring straw man bullshit out of here. You clearly lost the argument if you are at this point.