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WEAPONIZED INCOMPETENCE [1 record]

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Record 1 2023-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Psychology
CONT

... weaponized incompetence happens when an individual ... pretends that they cannot perform a simple action to get out of [doing] it ...

Key term(s)
  • weaponised incompetence

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie sociale
CONT

Le phénomène qui consiste à se dérober à des tâches désagréables en prétendant ne pas être capable de les accomplir est connu sous le nom d'incompétence instrumentalisée [ou d']incompétence stratégique [...]

Spanish

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