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cognitive dissonance

mental stress or discomfort experienced by an individual who holds two or more contradictory beliefs, ideas, or values at the same time
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cognitive dissonance ranks in the top 0.16% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19,188 views/month, #127 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Leon Festinger[2], Elliot Aronson[3]
  • Subclass of: emotion[4]
  • Part of: psychological terminology[5]
  • Commons category: Cognitive dissonance[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Cognitive dissonance[7]
  • Facet of: disconfirmed expectancy[8]
  • Described by source: Lean Logic[9]
  • Studied by: social psychology[10]

Why It Matters

cognitive dissonance has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

emotion Lean Logic Leon Festinger

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  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  4. 19w ago · Ottawajin · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  6. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Discoverer or inventor → Leon Festinger, Elliot Aronson
    Facet of → disconfirmed expectancy
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