dissonance

The cognitive dissonance contributed to the thickness in the air that week.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

He is a core part of their identity, which means they will change their beliefs and twist reality to justify his behavior and resolve the cognitive dissonance.

From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2026

As if this wasn’t ominous enough, the latest BofA Securities fund-manager’s survey shows that Wall Street is, once again, experiencing severe cognitive dissonance: It is simultaneously worried about the market, but afraid to sell.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 14, 2026

While it’s certainly possible, I go back to the cognitive dissonance thing.

From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2026

But many people have halfburied truths, or small lies, or disconnects, little bits of dissonance in how they live their lives.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

The man who created “The Rite of Spring”—a ballet whose pounding dissonances and unconventional rhythms caused pandemonium at its 1913 Paris premiere—now insisted that the bolder the creative ambition, the tighter the frame must be.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026

The duel with the guitarist was remarkable, with the two of them first trading, then meshing into some dissonances that were downright avant-garde.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 11, 2022

Everything about it, from the spare, enveloping details of Grant Major’s production design to the nerve-shredding dissonances of Jonny Greenwood’s score, directs our focus inward.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2022

He came closest to surprising in the cadenza he created for the first movement, which had ruminative dissonances and lively string crossings.

From New York Times ● Nov. 25, 2021

As the music, enlivened by unscored dissonances, swelled to a raucous climax, she gripped the wooden sides of her chair, closed her eyes.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan