Cognitive dissonance meaning

Recent Examples on the Web Fernando Guerra, director of the university’s Center for the Study of Los Angeles, explained the dissonance between the overall positive approval numbers and the claims of bias by pointing out the survey results offer only a snapshot of people’s perceptions of law enforcement. — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2022 There’s a tail-chasing poetry to someone who speaks out against mask mandates donating millions to a hospital — and that dissonance feels even sharper in the cool shadow of Aldean’s anodyne new music, let alone the slick pleasantries of country music writ large. — Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2022 There's a really big sense of duality on this album, and a big sense of dissonance between different themes—like feeling super sad, and then really happy, and wanting a relationship and not wanting a relationship, or letting something go and not letting something go. — Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Oct. 2021 Movies In the controversial ‘Music,’ first-time director Sia finds both dissonance and harmony Feb. 10, 2021 Instead of the traditional tuxedo, the groom sported a baby-blue suit. — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2023 In an April 2022 interview with The Aviationist blog, F-35 test pilot Billie Flynn stated that while pilots from former Soviet bloc countries flying fighters such as the MiG-29 could successfully transition to an F-16, the dissonance of transitioning to the F-35 was insurmountable. — Kyle Mizoka...