staðfestingarskekkja
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From staðfesting + skekkja, a calque of English confirmation bias.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]staðfestingarskekkja f (genitive singular staðfestingarskekkju, no plural)
- confirmation bias
- Synonym: staðvestingarvilla f
- 2016 December 7, “Tilfinningar fram yfir grjótharðar staðreyndir [Emotions over hard facts]”, in MBL[1], archived from the original on 29 September 2024:
- Í því samhengi nefndi hún að svonefnd staðfestingarskekkja væri þekkt fyrirbæri þar sem fólk leitaði allra leiða til að selja sjálfu sér það sem það vill trúa.
- In this context she pointed out that so-called confirmation bias is a well-known phenomenon whereby people do all they can to convince themselves of what they want to believe.
Declension
[edit]Declension of staðfestingarskekkja (sg-only feminine, based on skekkja)
singular | ||
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indefinite | definite | |
nominative | staðfestingarskekkja | staðfestingarskekkjan |
accusative | staðfestingarskekkju | staðfestingarskekkjuna |
dative | staðfestingarskekkju | staðfestingarskekkjunni |
genitive | staðfestingarskekkju | staðfestingarskekkjunnar |
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