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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsNeed help with a term - My coffee isn't being absorbed fast enough.
It means behavior that is counter-intuitive to the facts. Almost, illogical.
Thank you all, I got my answer: Cognitive Dissonance.
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Need help with a term - My coffee isn't being absorbed fast enough. (Original Post)
Baitball Blogger
Sep 2020
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SWBTATTReg
(22,176 posts)1. Atypical?
targetpractice
(4,919 posts)2. Foolblinded?
Foolblindness?
Just a guess.
Fla Dem
(23,785 posts)3. Trumpism
sorcrow
(421 posts)4. Cognitive dissonance? eom
Baitball Blogger
(46,769 posts)14. BINGO! BINGO! BINGO!
Thank you so much. Haven't used it in years, though it suits just about every Republican that we see these days.
Response to Baitball Blogger (Original post)
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Beakybird
(3,333 posts)6. Incongruous. Discrepant. Out of place.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)7. Contradictory?
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,858 posts)9. Beat me to it! nt
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,858 posts)8. Contradictory?
klook
(12,171 posts)10. "Ain't right."
As in, That boy aint right.
Cirque du So-What
(25,999 posts)11. Irrational
Dont need a 50-cent word when a 25-cent word will do.
Laelth
(32,017 posts)12. That's the best that I can come up with. n/t
-Laelth
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)13. I know its not exactly where you're going but could it be....
Baitball Blogger
(46,769 posts)15. Thank you everyone. The answer was Cognitive Dissonance.