consensus trance

noun

An automated state of consciousness; actually, the normal consciousness, based on the premise that people believe what they are told to be true as opposed to what they have themselves realized to be true.

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Meanings

nounconsensus trance (plural consensus trances)

plural consensus trances

  1. An automated state of consciousness; actually, the normal consciousness, based on the premise that people believe what they are told to be true as opposed to what they have themselves realized to be true.

Origin

Coined by American psychologist Charles T. Tart.

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