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Illusion of transparency: the cognitive bias where speakers…
Illusion of transparency: the cognitive bias where speakers systematically overestimate how clearly their intended meaning is conveyed to listeners, because they project their own internal knowledge onto their audience without accounting for the gap between what they know and what the listener can perceive
Why This Is a Definition
This definition precisely establishes the semantic boundary of 'illusion of transparency' by identifying its category (a cognitive bias) and differentia (overestimation of communication effectiveness due to projection of internal knowledge). It clearly differentiates it from general communication failure by focusing on the speaker's subjective overconfidence rather than objective miscommunication, and ties it specifically to the problem of shared vocabulary and meaning construction.