all or nothing
AWL or NUH-thing
ɔːl ɔːr ˈnʌθɪŋListen
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a decision-making posture or outcome structure in which only two extreme possibilities are considered, with no intermediate options acknowledged; an all-or-nothing approach commits fully to one course of action while completely rejecting any partial or compromise solution; the phrase can describe both a courageous refusal to settle for half-measures and a cognitive distortion in which nuanced middle paths are psychologically unavailable; in behavioural economics, all-or-nothing thinking is recognised as a form of binary bias that prevents people from exploring the full range of options available to them
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