entrained thinking

noun

A conditioned response that occurs when people are blocked from understanding and using new ways of thinking by the perspectives they acquired through past experience.

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Meanings

nounentrained thinking (uncountable)
  1. uncountablehuman sciencesA conditioned response that occurs when people are blocked from understanding and using new ways of thinking by the perspectives they acquired through past experience.
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