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consistency principle (medicine)


consistency principle


In psychology, the desire of the human being to be consistent, especially in his attitudes and beliefs; theories of attitude formation and change based on the consistency principle include balance theory, which suggests that the individual seeks to avoid incongruity in his various attitudes.

See: cognitive dissonance theory.


govern (oh)



[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: governer, from Latin gubernare, from Greek kybernan 'to control the direction of something']
[I and T] to officially and legally control a country and make all the decisions about taxes, laws, public Services etc
-synonym rule rule
::the military leaders who govern the country
::a country governed by a military elite
::The party had been governing for seven months.
[T] if rules, principles etc govern the way a system or situation works, they control how it happens
::legislation governing the export of live animals
::The universe is governed by the laws of physics.