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Antinarcissism is a specific form of narcissistic character that, rather than aggrandising the ego, restricts its scope without diminishing the amount of self-investment involved.
The term was coined by Pamela Paresky [8] and promulgated by The Coddling of the American Mind, [9] which described its status as "a sacred value", meaning that it was not possible to make practical tradeoffs or compromises with other desirable things (e.g., for people to be made to feel uncomfortable in support of free speech or learning new ...
American psychologist Gordon Allport coined this term in his 1954 book, The Nature of Prejudice. [2] Antilocution is the first point on Allport's Scale, which can be used to measure the degree of bias or prejudice in a society.
Brainwashing [a] is the controversial idea that the human mind can be altered or controlled against a person's will by manipulative psychological techniques. [1] Brainwashing is said to reduce its subject's ability to think critically or independently, to allow the introduction of new, unwanted thoughts and ideas into their minds, [2] as well as to change their attitudes, values, and beliefs.
In psychology, a counterphobic attitude is a response to anxiety that, instead of fleeing the source of fear in the manner of a phobia, actively seeks it out, in the hope of overcoming the original anxiousness.
Anti-individualism (also known as content externalism) is an approach to linguistic meaning in philosophy, [1] the philosophy of psychology, [2] and linguistics.. The proponents arguing for anti-individualism in these areas have in common the view that what seems to be internal to the individual is to some degree dependent on the social environment, thus self-knowledge, intentions, reasoning ...
Bonilla-Silva describes the "anti–affirmative action and 'reverse racism' mentality" that has become dominant since the 1980s as part of a "mean-spirited white racial animus". [10] He argues that this results from a new dominant ideology of " color-blind racism ", which treats racial inequality as a thing of the past, thereby allowing it to ...
Anti-authoritarianism is opposition to authoritarianism, [1] which is defined as "a form of social organisation characterised by submission to authority", [2] "favoring complete obedience or subjection to authority as opposed to individual freedom". [3]