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Categories: Consequentialism, Adages, Social sciences terminology, Robert K. Merton, Complex systems theory

knock-on effect unintended consequences Boomerang effect Examples of unintended consequences Knock on effect

A secondary or incidental effect WordNet 3.0

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A secondary or incidental effect WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

In the social sciences, unintended consequences are outcomes of a purposeful action that are not intended or foreseen. Wikipedia

Outcomes that are not the ones intended or foreseen by a purposeful action, resulting from a variety of reasons, including the world's inherent complexity as well as cognitive or emotional biases Wikidata

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knock-on effect

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unintended consequences

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unintended consequences

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Boomerang effect (environmentalism), Examples of unintended consequences, knock-on effect, Knock on effect, Law of consequence, Law of unforeseen consequences, law of unintended consequences, Perverse effect, perverse effects, perverse result, the law of unintended consequences, Unanticipated consequence, Unanticipated consequences, Unanticipated outcomes, unexpected consequences, Unforeseen consequence, unforeseen consequences, Unforeseen outcomes, unintended consequence, Unintended Consequences, Unintended consequences of environmental intervention, Unintended effect, Unintended effects, Unitended consequences

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unanticipated consequences, unforeseen consequences, unintended consequence