hugarmisræmi
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From hugar- (“mental, phreno-, cognitive”) + misræmi (“discrepancy, discordance, incongruity, incongruence”).
Noun edit
hugarmisræmi n (genitive singular hugarmisræmis, no plural)
- (psychology) cognitive dissonance; (conflict or anxiety resulting from inconsistencies between one's beliefs and one's actions or other beliefs)