Pseudoconscience

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A mindset or mental faculty that is mistaken for a conscience but lacks the truly ethical nature thereof.

    "a pseudoconscience that imposes unfairness while allegedly upholding fairness"

  2. 2
    Misconstruction of pseudoconsciousness. alt-of, misconstruction

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"a pseudoconscience that imposes unfairness while allegedly upholding fairness"

Etymology

From pseudo- + conscience.

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