hugarmisræmi
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Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From hugar- (“mental, phreno-, cognitive”) + misræmi (“discrepancy, discordance, incongruity, incongruence”).
Noun[edit]
hugarmisræmi n (genitive singular hugarmisræmis, no plural)
- (psychology) cognitive dissonance; (conflict or anxiety resulting from inconsistencies between one's beliefs and one's actions or other beliefs)