double bookkeeping
The tendency, among those who experience delusions, to perceive reality and the…The tendency, among those who experience delusions, to perceive reality and the delusions as both being real, while remaining unbothered by the discrepancy or inconsistencies between the two.
» We switched to a double-entry bookkeeping system to help us understand our cash flow.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic, uncountable)The tendency, among those who experience delusions, to perceive reality and the delusions as both being real, while remaining unbothered by the discrepancy or inconsistencies between the two.
Examples
1 sentencesWe switched to a double-entry bookkeeping system to help us understand our cash flow.
Origin
By a metaphor with literal bookkeeping that evokes (1) a mental echo of the double-entry mBy a metaphor with literal bookkeeping that evokes (1) a mental echo of the double-entry method thereof and (2) the notion of keeping two sets of books as a way to cover up the truth (i.e., by a different figure of speech, to cook the books).
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Word family
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