just-world fallacy

noun

A form of cognitive bias by which people believe that someone's actions are inherently inclined to bring morally fair and fitting consequences upon them, with good deeds rewarded and bad deeds punished.

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just-world hypothesis
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Meanings

noun
  1. A form of cognitive bias by which people believe that someone's actions are inherently inclined to bring morally fair and fitting consequences upon them, with good deeds rewarded and bad deeds punished.

    Synonyms: just-world hypothesis

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA form of cognitive bias by which people believe that someone's actions are inherently inclined to bring morally fair and fitting consequences upon them, with good deeds rewarded and bad deeds punished.

Similar
just-world hypothesis
Also see
just-world hypothesis

Translations

German Gerechte-Welt-Glaube
  • Gerechte-Welt-GlaubeTranslations
Turkish adil dünya inancı
  • adil dünya inancıTranslations
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just-world fallacy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/just-world%20fallacy

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“just-world fallacy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/just-world%20fallacy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “just-world fallacy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/just-world%20fallacy.

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