Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cognitive parallax

/ˈkɒɡnɪtɪv ˈpaɹəlaks/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English

Syllables: cog-ni-tive par-al-lax
IPA: /ˈkɒɡnɪtɪv ˈpaɹəlaks/

32

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

5

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

philosophical phenomenon described as the dislocation of the axis of the theoretical construction of a thinker and the axis of his lived experience; discrepancy between theory and experience

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"One of the most obvious manifestations of (cognitive) parallax may be observed when the very fact of an individual saying or writing something proves the falseness of what he says or writes (...) note that (cognitive) parallax cannot be mistaken in any way for lies, hypocrisy, or conscious dissimulation."

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

dislocation

Questions

How do you pronounce cognitive parallax?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɒɡnɪtɪv ˈpaɹəlaks/.
What does cognitive parallax mean?: philosophical phenomenon described as the dislocation of the axis of the theoretical construction of a thinker and the axis of his lived experience; discrepancy between theory and experience

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