disconfirmed expectancy

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Definition of disconfirmed expectancy in English English dictionary

psychology term referring to a failed prophecy; leading to a form of cognitive dissonance in the believer.1956, Festinger, Leon; Henry Riecken, Stanley Schachter, When Prophecy Fails: A Social and Psychological Study of A Modern Group that Predicted the Destruction of the World, Harper-Torchbooks, ISBN 0061311324, ISBN 0061311324:

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disconfirmed ex·pect·an·cy