Sentences with phrase «despite contrary»

A delusion is an intransigently held, fixed and false belief that is maintained despite contrary evidence.

The shared belief by the allied and supposedly favored narcissistic / (borderline) parent and child that the targeted - rejected parent is an emotionally or psychologically «abusive parent,» whose parenting practices present a risk to the child, represents an intransigently held, fixed and false belief which is held despite contrary evidence that the parenting practices of the targeted parent are entirely normal - range.

Despite contrary belief, attorneys can prepare a Will for you rather quickly.

Psychiatric Pathology: the child has a fixed and false belief maintained despite contrary evidence (a delusion) in the child's supposed «victimization» by the normal - range parenting of the targeted parent (an encapsulated persecutory delusion).

I'm not a dinosaur, despite contrary opinion.

Despite contrary arguments by several Member States, the Court had found that this constituted an obstacle to the free movement of capital, which even the conclusion of double taxation conventions with most EU and EEA Member States could not remove, as the effective tax rate remained higher than that for resident pension funds under all but three of those conventions (para 33 - 34).

Despite the contrary historical evidence, however, many modern critics of sexism in the English language have incorrectly contended that a male contemporary of Fisher's — John Kirkby — was the source of the rule.

«Tenaciously clinging to a belief despite contrary evidence can be a mistake, but so can prematurely discarding a belief at the first encounter with contrary evidence.

Of course, despite the contrary findings of this study, the article reminds readers that hypothetical fearmongering from computer simulations is still acceptable, such as:

I have to be tentative because it was audio only without the slides, but as far as I can tell, it confuses short term interannual perturbations with long term trends, despite a contrary claim apparently based mainly on correlation coefficients.

The question regarding Peirce's classification is to what degree those beliefs were * fixed * by this method of simply clinging to them, despite contrary evidence.

Despite the contrary belief that pit bulls are a poor choice for families with children, they actually make some of the best additions to a household with children.

It doesn't take much imagination to view this as actively managed, despite the contrary.

Obviously, reports like this are not indicative to the entire US population, despite the contrary.

Despite the contrary sentiments of how it destroys literature and dents the prestige of publishing, a well - molded cut - rate can vastly amplify an author's sales and fan base, thus keeping the industry at its feet for the long haul.

I've witnessed new head of school in early 40's, private school, get rid of all teachers older, and bring in young, recent college grads, who can view the head as being wise and all knowing Education Guru, despite the contrary being true, and be forever grateful for their first job and never challenge anything the head does or says.

Though that is an unpromising start to their relationship, the two neighbors come to enjoy each other's company despite their contrary dispositions and lifestyles.

The PDP candidate's Campaign DG had earlier joined the APC and the LP to call for a boycott of the supplementary election, despite a contrary view by the national leadership of the party.

Despite contrary reports, The Express claim that Inter Milan are confident that the midfielder has shown no signs of wanting to leave the San Siro.

Despite these contrary characteristics, what an eternal object has in common with an actual entity is its determination through the category of the one and the many.

The lesson emphatically taught by both author and playwright seems to me obvious: Denial of Christ leads to death of the soul, despite any contrary voice one has imagined in order to make up for the silence of God.

Properly speaking, general education is not superficial, despite the contrary testimony of some efforts bearing that name.

Its fine of you want to believe that the world is 10,000 years old despite the contrary but to those of us who deal in facts its just silliness.

Not exact matches

Danny never saw a second gun, however, and despite many early reports to the contrary, the police never found one.

As expected, given his performance so far, the Republican candidate repeatedly stretched the truth, denied making certain statements despite ample evidence to the contrary, and twisted the facts until they broke.

When China Merchants Port Holdings signed a 99 - year lease on Sri Lanka's Hambantota Port in July, worries emerged that China's navy would make use of the facility despite Sri Lanka's assurances to the contrary.

With Windows 8 not selling well, despite the company's claims to the contrary, and consumers unlikely to go anywhere near the overpriced Pro, it may not be a smart move to turn businesses off with high prices.

According to a recent report by Accenture, «Despite evidence to the contrary, many Millennials believe the sector is lacking innovation, agility and creativity, as well as opportunities to engage in meaningful work.

«Despite claims to the contrary, Western Digital does not now possess any legal «rights» to participate in this phase of investment, which is an important investment in the next generation of flash memory.»

Nevertheless, despite Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's assurances to the contrary, Canada no longer owns economic bragging rights among the industrialized world.

If our listeners insist on attributing to us those qualities they glimpse in the first few seconds of our talks, despite subsequent evidence to the contrary, let us employ all means at our disposal to take advantage of their leap to judgment.

And finally, one Twitter user said that anyone who believed it was truly mayonnaise was actually «stupid,» despite its appearance and over 800 responses to the contrary.

Despite other economic data to the contrary, U.S. consumer spending may not be as healthy as some believe.

But in morning, despite the orders to the contrary, textile workers left their work in several factories and sent delegates to ask for support of the strike... which led to mass strike... all went out into the streets.

Despite the long - running stereotypes to the contrary, women purchase and use more technology than men.

According to the Fed's models, this should generate substantial inflation — despite years of running evidence to the contrary.

Despite media portrayals to the contrary, a higher income doesn't increase the likelihood of a man's infidelity; men rich and poor cheat on their wives.

The takeaway: «Small, concrete goals designed to improve the well being of others are more likely to lead to happiness for the giver than are acts with large, abstract goals — despite people's intuitions to the contrary,» and keeping that fact in mind can provide a considerable boost to your well being.

That brings us to the Xbox One, another textbook case of the company trying to impose its will on consumers despite those same consumers delivering a relatively clear and straightforward message to the contrary.

Despite our desire for simplicity, good expert advice is usually heavy with qualifying statements, candid about evidence to the contrary, and not as simple as we'd like it to be.

Despite Government claims to the contrary, CBSA is currently demanding and collecting retroactive duties from the electronic goods importers (that is, virtually all of them) who can not supply paperwork on the end consumers.

The Data Despite signs suggesting the contrary, a look at the numbers reveals the industry is still going strong.

Despite all evidence to the contrary, however, full - day kindergarten is here to stay.

On the contrary, Mr. Xi's far - reaching reorganization of the Chinese military in recent months showed that he remained dominant, despite worries over the slowing economy, Mr. Johnson said.

Others, anticipating a fee increase — despite repeated assurances to the contrary — also left.

Canada's economic fundamentals are anything but sound, despite mantras to the contrary.

Despite plenty of sentiments to the contrary, Shell is fervently lobbying for this deal to go through.

But Stumpf's high opinion of the Wells Fargo culture seems to be unwavering despite consistent evidence to the contrary.

Furthermore, despite popular opinion to the contrary, venture distributions in the 2000s have been consistent with the long - term average of nearly 14 % of net asset value.

Despite grumblings to the contrary, NDP caucus appears publicly united that Tom Mulcair should remain leader until new leader is chosen