"thob" meaning in All languages combined

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          "text": "In the United States, and in what Kipling called the Five Free Nations, all men are granted the right to hold what opinions and beliefs they choose; and so thobbing is free, even as all emotional thinking is free—at least in some regions. And the sad thing is that thobbing is easy and required thinking is hard.",
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      "word": "hopium"
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      "word": "motivated reasoning"
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          "ref": "1956 September 15, Frederick K. Morris, “Let Us Think Clearly: The Art and Science of Thinking”, in Vital Speeches of the Day, volume 22, number 23, page 735:",
          "text": "In the United States, and in what Kipling called the Five Free Nations, all men are granted the right to hold what opinions and beliefs they choose; and so thobbing is free, even as all emotional thinking is free—at least in some regions. And the sad thing is that thobbing is easy and required thinking is hard.",
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          "ref": "1995, Vincent Ryan Ruggiero, The Art of Thinking: A Guide to Critical and Creative Thought, 4th edition, New York: HarperCollins, page 49:",
          "text": "Your best protection against thobbing is to develop the habit of thinking about your thinking. (The technical name for this activity is metacognition.) More specifically, be aware of your initial feelings about problems and issues, particularly those that prompt you to take a stand immediately, without examining the evidence or weighing competing views.",
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