Euphemism
A euphemism is a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.
Cognitive Biases
/ Doublespeak (related)
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A euphemism is a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.
Cognitive Biases
/ Doublespeak (related)
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Egocentric bias is the tendency to rely too heavily on one's own perspective and/or have a higher opinion of oneself than reality.
Social Biases
/ Self-centered bias
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The fluency heuristic is a mental shortcut where the ease of processing information (fluency) is used as a proxy for its truth, value, or likelihood.
Cognitive Biases
/ Processing fluency
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The curse of knowledge is a cognitive bias that occurs when an individual, communicating with other individuals, unknowingly assumes that the others have the background to understand.
Social Biases
/ Expert blind spot
10 min read
Psychological reactance is the impulse to resist or do the opposite when we perceive our freedom to choose as being threatened or restricted.
Social Biases / Persuasion and autonomy
/ Reactance
12 min read
The backfire effect is the tendency for people to strengthen their existing beliefs when confronted with evidence that directly contradicts them, especially on identity-linked topics.
Social Biases / Motivated reasoning
/ Belief Backfire
11 min read
The illusion of transparency is the tendency to overestimate how well others can read our internal states, such as emotions, thoughts, or intentions.
Social Biases / Metaperception errors
/ Transparency Illusion