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Dissonance in sentence

49 examples of Dissonance in a sentence

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.
Because you see, whenever people do anything, for example if I want to touch this blackboard, my brain first builds up a schema, a prediction of exactly what my muscles will do before I even start moving my hand, and if I get blocked, if my schema doesn't match reality, that causes extra stress called cognitive dissonance.
Taking cues from artists like The Doors and The Velvet Underground, British post-punk groups, like Joy Division, Bauhaus, and The Cure, combined gloomy lyrics and punk dissonance with imagery inspired by the Victorian era, classic horror, and androgynous glam fashion.
The resulting internal conflict, known as cognitive dissonance, keeps you trapped, as each compromise makes it more painful to admit you've been deceived.
And it's this interplay between tension and release, or consonance and dissonance, that makes what we call music.
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.
Because I want to talk about three elements of that: confirmation bias, Dunning-Kruger effect and cognitive dissonance.
And then, there's cognitive dissonance.
Cognitive dissonance is interesting.
Now, there's no better definition of cognitive dissonance than intelligent people asking me if a rodent's forecast is accurate.
So confirmation bias, Dunning-Kruger and cognitive dissonance.
The third defense is dissonance.
My personal cognitive dissonance comes up when I recognize that I've been flying from Oslo to New York and back to Oslo in order to speak about the climate.
Then we can flip dissonance to simpler actions.
The point is, dissonance goes down as more behaviors are nudged.
Third step is cognitive dissonance.
If you're like most people, you will experience a moment of cognitive dissonance when the name of the color is printed in a differently colored ink.
Well, the reason is, is because, when we're buying gas, we're very invested in this sort of cognitive dissonance.
And so, cognitive dissonance is part and parcel of the way that we deal with oil, and it's really important to dealing with this oil spill.
We need to keep or minds on the molecules and not get distracted by the theater, not get distracted by the cognitive dissonance of the green possibilities that are out there.
The ensuing splits, and confusion between the imaginary and the real and the dissonance between the ordinary and the heroic are the stuff of a gut check on the one hand or a complete escape from self on the other.
A major problem I had with the movie though was I couldn't tell if the main character was gay or not, which created a lot of distracting dissonance.
There's also a magnificent score by Bruce Smeaton that deftly blends the romanticism of Nino Rota with the majestic sweep of Morricone's best work and adds a dash of electronic dissonance for good measure.
The film reflects the anarchic dissonance and harsh violence of the newfangled "spaghetti" Westerns then pouring out of Europe, but ultimately its sensibility and construction belong to television.
A compelling story combined with breathtaking cinematography, especially of the countryside, along with evocative music that follows the dynamic range from tuneful, haunting bucolic melodies to more strident dissonance, and profoundly natural and nuanced acting performances come together to craft an unforgettable cinematic experience.
The dissonance on the left, in power since 2012, began as soon as Hollande assumed office.
At the heart of this dissonance in mainstream French politics is Europe.