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- noun The property of being
counterintuitive .
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Examples
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More interestingly, it appears that cognitive load can influence the degree of "counterintuitiveness," or schema-inconsistency in our online representations.
The Schematicity of Religious Thought Chris 2005
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If anything, the SQL language has been relatively stable when compared to application programming languages despite its "counterintuitiveness".
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George needed to be relevant to make counterintuitiveness work for him.
Northwestern Mutual CEO Ed Zore takes 'Seinfeld' approach 2009
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Granted this result has enough counterintuitiveness that (short sighted) voters do not see it.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Why We May Be Stuck With Joe Arpaio 2009
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Besides, it might be observed that any complaints about the counterintuitiveness of unrestricted composition rest on psychological biases that should have no bearing on the question of how the world is actually structured.
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That counterintuitiveness, he thinks, is one of the reasons that the idea has had a hard time being accepted by many.
Ars Technica John Timmer 2011
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In it, Krugman argued that Levitt and Dubner had "fallen into the trap of counterintuitiveness … [trying to] distinguish themselves by shocking the bourgeoisie."
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Another idiot in love with his own counterintuitiveness.
Mirror.co.uk - News 2009
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Another idiot in love with his own counterintuitiveness.
Mirror.co.uk - News 2009
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That sql has forever had the market cornered on obfuscation and counterintuitiveness as far as developers are concerned?
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