Dissonance in example sentence

This has an effect on the psyche Orwell calls, "Doublethink," 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.

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This disruption, any kind of dissonance, can be the first gauntlet we throw down in a battle against oppression.

He called it the "emancipation of the dissonance."

Paradoxically, it was the group who had posted similar information, an example of moral dissonance.

There's a sort of inherent cognitive dissonance in doing that, like when you're writing your wedding vows at the same time as your prenuptial agreement.

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